ModificationsinIFSFood6standard

IFS would like to inform about modifications in the IFS Food Standard. These updates apply from 1^st April 2013.

IFS Food – Changing of the requirements 4.4.1.5 and 5.6.8

The IFS International Technical Committee held a meeting the 26^th of February 2013 and made the following decisions in consequence of the horse meat scandal.

The experts from manufacturers, retailers and certification bodies from France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and the US agreed on the point that the responsibilities of a manufacturer are not only to produce safe products in line with the product specifications, irrespective if the products are their own or customer ones. Manufacturers must also be sure about the authenticity of the raw materials and/ or semi-finished products. Therefore, the IFS International Technical Committee has decided to put more the focus on these concerns in some IFS requirements.

–        IFS Food 6 requirement  4.4.1.5 (purchase):

The purchased products shall be checked in accordance with the existing specifications and their authenticity. The schedule of these checks shall, as a minimum, take into account the following criteria; product requirements, supplier status (according to its assessment) and impact of the purchased products on the finished product. The origin shall be additionally checked, if mentioned in the specification.

–        IFS Food 6 requirement 5.6.8 (product analysis):

Based on any internal or external information on product risks which may have an impact on food safety and/ or quality (incl. adulteration and fraud), the company shall update its control plan and/ or take any appropriate measure to control impact on finished products.

The words in bold and underlined are added to the existing requirements.

The two extended requirements come into effect the 1^st of April 2013. IFS will adapt the IFS Food Standard in the different languages as well as the Excel comparison/ guidelines and auditXpress as soon as possible.

The main objective of these amendments is to also place the focus of the companies on the point that they have the responsibility to check the authenticity of their raw materials and/or semi-finished products. IFS expects that manufacturers develop a risk based control plan to check authenticity of incoming raw materials and/or semi-finished products.

For example, visual checks can be done if the raw-material nature can be clearly identified. If not, for example for frozen minced meat, further tests like DNA tests should be performed.

Mas info en: http://www.ifs-certification.com/index.php/en/imprint-left-en/51-global-news/1849-news-2013-03-13-modifications

Nuestra opinión: En el caso de frutas frescas, estos requisitos, sobre la comprobación de la autenticidad de las materias primas, surgidos tras el escándalo de la carne de caballo, no tienen trascedencia, pues no existen entradas de otras materias primas que la propia fruta y los materiales auxiliares de envasado, de los cuales, pedimos las fichas técnicas, material de fabricación, ensayos de las pruebas de migraciones sobre elementos plásticos…

 No obstante, incluimos los requisitos en nuestro Anexo6P- Ficha de producto y en la Formación de «Homologación de proveedores: Mi red de proveedores para cumplir con BRC e IFS, incluyendo ultima modificación de los requisitos de autenticidad» El próximo curso de la Escuela Internacional de seguridad alimentaria, ya lo incluirá: El programa se puede descargar aquí: Curso de HOMOLOGACION DE PROVEEDORES 26 Marzo 2013, para más información sobre esta formación u otra que necesitéis, podéis escribir a Susana Martínez, que estará encantada de atenderos desde los Servicios Centrales de Compensa Agroinnovación, susana@compensa.net  o llamarnos al teléfono: +34 868 182 695, También por Skype en CompensaAgroinnovacion

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