United Fresh, IFS Roll Out Streamlined Certification for Produce Packers
The United Fresh Produce Association (United Fresh) yesterday announced that it has collaborated with international standards body IFS to offer fruit and vegetable producers and packers a streamlined means to achieve GFSI-benchmarked certification with IFS Food and the United Fresh Harmonized Standard, as well as a one-stop approach using GLOBALG.A.P. for primary production.
Available immediately, the new IFS Food United Fresh Produce Program provides a method of certifying fruit and vegetable packing companies using the Harmonized Standard from United Fresh during an IFS Food audit. Designed to reduce cost and drive efficiency, the program will be introduced next week at United Fresh 2014 in Chicago, and will expand after a planned auditor training course in August.