9 February 2009

You can download the FSSC 22000 presentation of the chairman of the Foundation delivered at the CIES food safety conference in Barcelona here. This is in advance of the publication of all presentations of the conference by CIES.

9 December 2008

Development of ISO 22000 and PAS 220 food safety certification scheme

The Foundation for Food Safety Certification (SCV) will develop the ISO 22000 and PAS 220 certification scheme for food safety systems of food manufacturers

This development is supported by the Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the European Union (CIAA).
The scheme will be submitted to the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) to be benchmarked and approved.

ISO 22000 is the international standard for food safety management systems. PAS 220 is the publicly available specification for prerequisite programmes for food manufacturers. The PAS 220 has been developed by the British Standards Institute (BSI) in close cooperation with the CIAA, and sponsored by several manufacturers from the food supply chain. PAS 220 is designed to meet the requirements in ISO 22000 for prerequisite programmes for food manufacturers.

The Foundation for Food Safety Certification is the owner of the GFSI approved HACCP food safety systems certification scheme. As a non profit organisation it facilitates the scheme. The actual responsibility and authority for the content of the scheme and the delivered certification audits is the Board of Stakeholders, represented by the relevant stakeholders of the food supply chain.

Geoff Thompson, Chair of the CIAA Food and Consumer Policy Committee:
"The ISO 22000/PAS 220 scheme marks a very significant step forward for all
Food Processors. Both large and small manufacturers and retailers now have
the opportunity to unite under a commonly agreed set of prerequisite
programmes for the international control of food safety hazards."

Cor Groenveld, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Food Safety Certification:
 “The objectives of our foundation are to facilitate a certification scheme that ensures high quality food safety audits in the whole food supply chain and to achieve harmonisation in food safety standards and audits. Due to the fact that the combination of ISO 22000 and the PAS 220 is very similar to our standard we believe it is a logical next step to facilitate this harmonised scheme for Food Processors”.

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The foundation for the Certification of Food Safety Systems which facilitates the National Board of Experts HACCP, is the legal owner of the standard 'The Requirements for a HACCP based Food Safety System' and manages the copyright of this standard by means of user agreements.
For more information:
The Foundation for the Certification of Food Safety Systems
Contact: ms C. Glerum
P.O. Box 693
4200 AR Gorinchem
The Netherlands
tel.: +31 (0) 183 64 50 28
fax: + 31 (0) 183 62 11 61
e-mail: scv@zpg.nl
www.foodsafetymanagement.info

29 September 2008

During the boardmeeting of SCV on 24 September 2008, Mr. Th.J.W. Cieremans announced his definite depart as chairman of the board. Mr. Cieremans enjoyed working for SCV and wants to thank all parties involved for their trust and cooperation. New chairman of the board is Mr. C.A. Groenveld. Mr. Groenveld was already a member of the board of SCV. In the past years Mr. Groenveld has already been very active in Food Safety.

1 July 2008

RvA has approved the expansion of the accreditation for the HACCP Certification Scheme Option B: Process Certification for the following Certification Bodies:

DNV B.V.
ECAS B.V.
ISACert B.V.
Lloyd's Register Nederland B.V.
SGS Nederland B.V.
TNO Certification B.V.

2 april 2008

The agreement between SCV and Incebo is ended as of the 1st of April 2008.

This means that Incebo will not be permitted anymore to conclude certification contracts for Dutch HACCP under accreditation nor formally use the Standard. Abuse of the HACCP Certification Schema is punishable.

25 januari 2008

Isis-Inspections has transferred her current and revised HACCP contracts to ECAS Ltdas from week 1-2008.

Suspension Incebo and ISIS Inspections

Incebo and ISIS Inspections are suspended by the Dutch Council for Accreditation for HACCP accreditation since 26 October respective 31 October 2007. During the suspension-period, Incebo and ISIS Inspections are not permitted to conclude certification contracts for Dutch HACCP under accreditation nor formally use the Standard. As soon as the suspension-period is end we will make report of this on this website.

PRESS RELEASE 

HACCP Certification Scheme completed with process-product certification

The Dutch HACCP Scheme (“Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point”) has been completed with process-product certification. This completion has primarily taken place to meet the new requirements of the GFSI, the international organisation for food safety specifically aimed at retail. GFSI approved the previous version of the Scheme as well because of the interpretation of “good manufacturing pratices and pre-requisite programs”.  However GFSI has changed her Guidelines and all GFSI approved Schemes must be tested again. With the completion drawn up by the National Board of Experts HACCP, organisations will be able to acquire a system certificate along with a process-product certificate. With this HACCP will meet the newest requirements of the GFSI and in that sense can be chosen as an alternative for BRC, IFS or SQF2000.

The Dutch Accreditation Council RvA has evaluated the completion to the Scheme. In its complete composition it completely complies with the requirements for accreditation for process-product certification. 

The Dutch HACCP is the only Scheme that covers management system and process-product system in one Scheme. Naturally the management certificate will still be acquirable on its own and is as always accredited by ISO Guide 62. Because of the combination with system certification the HACCP Scheme at this moment is the most complete Scheme concerning food safety.

The combination, which Dutch HACCP makes by adding the Modul process-product certification to the original HACCP, is similar to the carrying out of BRC or IFS in combination with the management part of the HACCP Scheme or ISO 22000. With that the position of Dutch HACCP is stronger than ISO 22000 for organisations who wish to meet the requirements in one assessment.

Certification Bodies and organisations are able to choose whether they want a system certification as well as process-product certification or wish to suffice with the familiar system certification. The Certification Bodies will need expansion of the accrediation for the extra modul. Organisation who need or want a product certificate can contact their Certification Body directly.

Reaction of stakeholders

Roland Vaxelaire, Chairman of the Global Food Safety Initiative and Quality, Responsibility and Risk Management Director, Carrefour, France said : "We would like to congratulate Dutch HACCP for the enormous effort they have made, in aligning the standard with GFSI requirements. After a final review of documentation by the GFSI benchmarking committee, we are now able to fully approve and recognise the compliance of the Dutch HACCP Certification Scheme Option B with the 4th Edition of the GFSI Guidance Document."

J.F.M. (Hans) Beuger, programme manager foods and food safety of the Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority: “Food safety is extremely in motion concerning legislation, certification and supervision/control. Important detail is that players in the food chain industry realise that food safety doesn’t only concern individual organisations, but also that the concerend parties are able to rely on each other. Therefor certification is essential. Benchmarking of the Schemes and unifying HACCP in the Schemes is a step in the right direction. The next step will be that organisations won’t be obligated by their clients to use different Schemes. One Scheme that covers it all? Dutch HACCP is ready and perhaps the precursor of ISO 22000.”

Jan C. van der Poel, General Director of The Dutch Accreditation Council RvA: “Dutch HACCP has taken an important step with the new Scheme 4B. Next to certification of the management system there’s a possibility to certificate on the basis of product requirements and of the product process. The Dutch Accreditation Council RvA has approved this system at the end of 2006 under EN 45011. All participants should be congratulated on the fact that the GFSI also recognises that HACCP 4B can deliver a reliable contribution to food safety certification.”

Anneke van de Kamp, secretary general of the Product Board commission Food Legislation says to be very satisfied with the GFSI approval. According to her the next step should be the actual accrediation of retail of all GFSI approved food safety certificates. (“once certified, accepted everywhere”). We want to achieve that a food organisation only requires one GFSI approved certificate to be able to deliver to all retail clients. At this moment an organisation  requires two or more certificates which means higher costs and administrative burdens.

Philip den Ouden, Director FNLI: “The FNLI (Federation Dutch Food Industry) sees the completion as a positive development on the way to a unified Scheme, through which the excisting certification Schemes could be disposed.”

Mrs S.A. Hertzberger, Head Quality and Product Integrity, Ahold Netherlands: “Since one year Ahold accepts all standards recognised by GFSI. During the GFSI meeting in Munich we have made known to be very positive about the GFSI approved certification Scheme.”

Disclaimer:

The National Board of Experts HACCP (NBE)
Food safety is a world wide concern. Not just because of the continuing interest in public health, but also because of the influence of food safety in international trade. Effective food safety systems therefor have to master and secure safety and soundness of food. In many countries legislation demands that ‘HACCP’ will be implemented in every organisation in the food industry.

In 1996 a norm for food safety management: 'The Requirements for a HACCP based Food Safety System' has been developed due to coorperation between a few Certification Bodies in the Netherlands. The primary version has been publiced on May 15th 1996 under responsibility of the National Board of Experts HACCP. All participants in the food chain industry are represented in the National Board of Experts HACCP.
Meanwhile 2000 certificates have been supplied by 15 Certification Bodies on the basis of the “requirements”, from which 800 certificates outside the Netherlands.

The Foundation for the Certification of Food Safety Systems has been founded on the initiative of the National Board of Experts and the associated Certification Bodies. With that the increasing increase of the amount of certificates will be better facilitated. Also with this the involvement of foreign organisations and Certification Bodies, and the harmonisation between international food safety management norms, will be realised.
The foundation for the Certification of Food Safety Systems facilitates the National Board of Experts HACCP, is the legal owner of the norm 'The Requirements for a HACCP based Food Safety System' and manages the copyright of this norm by means of user agreements. The board of the foundation is formed by representatives of the 15 associated Certification Bodies and is chaired by mr. Th.J.W. Cieremans.
To get an overview of all the other activities of the Foundation for the Certification of Food Safety Systems and a list of the associated Certification Bodies and information concerning 'The Requirements for a HACCP based Food Safety System', please check our website: www.foodsafetymanagement.info or contact the secretariat of the foundation.
The Foundation for the Certification of Food Safety Systems
Contact: ms C. Glerum
P.O. Box 693
4200 AR Gorinchem
The Netherlands
tel.: +31 (0) 183 64 50 28
fax: + 31 (0) 183 62 11 61
e-mail: scv@zpg.nl