Beyond Compliance: Using Private Certification To Exceed Expectations Robert Prevendar, Global Managing Director, NSF International, Supply Chain Food Safety

NSF’s Supply Chain Food Safety Programs NSF’s Supply Chain Food Safety audits and certifications deliver confidence and brand protection.  With a world-class integrity program, unmatched expertise, recognized leadership, and over 70 years of food safety at the core of our mission, we are the most trusted partner to the global food industry.

Private Certification = Global Food Safety Initiative

GFSI-Benchmarked Standards

GFSI in North America – 8 Years On Food Safety Certification kicked off in North America in 2008 In the 8 years that have followed, we have seen ever increasing adoption of certification against GFSI benchmarked Standards – with expansion into Packaging, Storage & Distribution, and Animal Feed Approaching 10,000 certificates in North America today 9 Benchmarked Standards GFSI has significantly raised the bar for food safety in North America

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Beyond Compliance All GFSI Benchmarked Schemes have compliance as the base-line expectation: Regulatory compliance in country of production Regulatory compliance in country of product destination Certification is designed to drive continuous improvement!

Continuous Improvement Facilities that fully commit to certification standards, embrace the food safety culture aspects, and live continuous improvement reap benefits that go beyond regulatory of customer compliance by delivering true operational excellence.

Certification – Framework For Continuous Improvement Management Commitment Purchasing – Approved Suppliers Internal Auditing Serious Incident Management Food Defense Traceability Personnel Training

US Foods Study In 2014, US Foods and IFS completed a study that looked at the business benefits of certification US Foods has over 60 facilities certified to IFS Logistics They worked with the University of Michigan to look for correlation between certification and improved business metrics

US Foods Study Results They Found clear business benefits: 23% reduction in customer complaints Savings of $3.5 Mil/Yr. Improved Sales after certification by an average of 2%

Conclusions Certification to private food safety standards have grown Significantly and continue to grow Robust certification has raised the bar for producers, packaging companies, and S&D operations – beyond compliance Companies that embrace certification and the standards they implement will exceed expectations of regulators Utilize certification as a framework for continuous improvement and development of a food safety culture Companies are experiencing operational and financial benefits to certification

Thank you! Robert Prevendar Global Managing Director, Supply Chain Food Safety NSF International 789 Dixboro Rd. Ann Arbor MI, 48105, USA office: (734) 769-5362 mobile: (734) 272-7472 prevendar@nsf.org 13