is being presented by Peter Stein, Corporate Director of Quality Assurance and Food Safety, with Piller's Corporation and airs on Thursday, July 14th, 2011. For more details, or to register please visit our site at www.fxconferences.com
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standard was developed with the stated goal of encouraging continuous improvement in food safety management systems. However, for those companies seeking certification to the standard, the exact methodology isn't always clear. There are numerous aspects of the process and the audit that are not evident in the manual, and the specific requirements that must be met to achieve a passing grade can be somewhat dependent on the auditor.
This presentation provides an overview of the GFSI standard and, specifically, the SQF certification process. Our speaker, the corporate director of food safety and quality assurance with Piller's Corporation, discusses why Piller's chose SQF, and shares audit experiences at four further-processed RTE meat plants over the past two years. The presentation provides insight on what you need to know and where to start, as well as tips to help you pass the first time. The speaker also covers the interaction and cooperation needed from other departments, and the emphasis on in-plant auditing and questions asked to on-line workers in the plant. Finally, the presentation also reviews the scoring process and the audit summary itself.
