Top 20 Factors for Creating Successful GFSI Strategies
- Adequate knowledge of the GFSI-approved standards and how they work within food companies.
- Ability to use and implement document and records management/control.
- Training to implement the standard and ongoing training in the standard/key program areas, including HACCP and internal audit.
- Meeting the building requirements of the GFSI standards.
- An integrated pest management system that meets the requirements of the standard.
- Dedicated role of a qualified plant sanitarian.
- A strategy that includes management commitment and allocation of budgets and resources.
- Proper management review meetings and records.
- Compliant food safety and security.
- A corrective action/preventive action (CA/PA) process that meets the requirements of the standard.
- Approved supplier programs.
- Control of non-conforming product through disposal.
- Change management and acceptance by the organization.
- Product specifications that meet the requirements of the standard.
- Sanitation and chemical control programs.
- Deviation and variance tracking, reporting, and response.
- Product and raw material storage.
- Food-level Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), operating prerequisites, and compliance.
- Calibration of measurement devices.
- Emergency response and contingency plans.