The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), The Consumer Goods Forum’s Coalition of Action on food safety, and Freshcare Limited are pleased to announce that the Freshcare Food Safety & Quality Standard Edition 4.2 has successfully achieved recognition against GFSI’s Benchmarking Requirements Version 2020.1. The recognition encompasses GFSI scopes BI—farming of plants, and BIII—pre-process handling of plant products.
As custodians of Australia’s most widely used standards, Freshcare CEO Jane Siebum says the recognition of this standard is a significant accomplishment for the domestic fresh produce industry. She said that its continued benchmark recognition provides validation that its certified growers are demonstrating that their food safety systems align with world best practice, strengthening confidence and trust in Freshcare certificates in global supply chains.