Food Safety and Management Certifications

Customers may ask about what certifications we have, and may ask for some which are relatively uncommon. This is a list of existing food certifications a company can achieve (NOT THE FOOD SPECIFICALLY HOWEVER).

- MHRA EU GMP G&G is certified to MHRA EU GMP. This means that we are licensed to produce THRs (Traditional Herbal Remedies), have a good Quality Management System, and produce our food in line with GMP requirements. It is issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, whom are responsible for all medicinal drugs and medical devices manufactured or imported into the UK.

- HACCP Hazard analysis and critical control points, or HACCP, is a systematic preventive approach to food safety from biological, chemical, and physical hazards in production processes that can cause the finished product to be unsafe and designs measures to reduce these risks to a safe level. As a result there is no standard by which it must exist and as a result you cannot be certified for HACCP. However, many food safety certifications do require a HACCP system, such as the GFSI.

- Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) GFSI stands for The Global Food Safety Initiative. It is a business-driven initiative for the development of food safety management systems to ensure food facilities are processing safe food for consumers. The GFSI is a private organization that oversees and approves different auditing platforms as meeting their criteria. This criterion provides a universal gold-standard of recognition to specific food safety audits.

BRCGS BRCGS Food Safety is the number one global market-leading Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) scheme. The Standard provides a framework to manage product safety, integrity, legality and quality, and the operational controls for these criteria in the food and food ingredient manufacturing, processing and packing industries. The BRCGS for food safety is Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) benchmarked and covers food safety and management of product quality in food and ingredient manufacturing, food packaging manufacturing, gluten-free manufacturing, storage & distribution, transportation and logistics.

FSSC 22000 FSSC 22000 is a GFSI recognised food safety certification scheme that creates a framework for food safety management, total supply chain management, and control of food safety hazards. FSSC 22000 incorporates hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) principles, implementation plans, and prerequisite programs (PRPs), additional GFSI requirements and is based on ISO 22000. The scheme supports the whole food supply chain, providing real value to an organisation, irrespective of size or complexity, and levels the playing field for suppliers and buyers throughout the food chain and around the world. Developed through extensive and open consultation with many global stakeholders, the FSSC 22000 scheme uses international and independent standards such as ISO 22000, ISO 9001, ISO/TS 22003, and technical specifications for sector-specific Pre-Requisite Programs (PRPs), such as ISO/TS 22002-1. Alongside these standards, the Scheme contains FSSC Additional Requirements.

GLOBALG.A.P GLOBALG.A.P. is a trademark and a set of standards for good agricultural practice. The GLOBALG.A.P. Certificate, known as the Integrated Farm Assurance Standard (IFA), covers Good Agricultural Practices for agriculture, aquaculture, livestock and horticulture production, as well as aspects of the food production and supply chain such as Chain of Custody and Feed Manufacturing. GLOBALG.A.P. requirements include food safety, traceability, environment, worker health and safety, animal welfare and crop management.

International Featured Standards (IFS) The IFS comprises different food and food supply chain standards. All standards are process standards which help users when implementing legal provisions regarding food and/or product safety and provide uniform guidelines on food, product safety and quality. Key features in IFS standards are senior management responsibility, management systems control, HACCP, personnel hygiene, specifications and recipe/formula compliance, foreign material management, traceability system, internal audits, recalls and withdrawals management and corrective actions.

- ISO 9001 The ISO 9000 family is a set of five quality management systems standards that help organizations ensure they meet customer and other stakeholder needs within statutory and regulatory requirements related to a product or service.

22000 ISO 22000 is a Food safety management system which is outcome focused, providing requirements for any organization in the food industry with objective to help to improve overall performance in food safety. These standards are intended to ensure safety in the global food supply chain.

45001 ISO 45001 is an ISO standard for management systems of occupational health and safety, published in March 2018. The goal of ISO 45001 is the reduction of occupational injuries and diseases, including promoting and protecting physical and mental health.

- Soil Association (Organic)