GFSI Announces First-Ever Food Safety Auditor Training and Development Benchmarking Requirements
On November 4, 2021, the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), a Coalition of Action of the Consumers Goods Forum, launched its first-ever set of Benchmarking Requirements for food safety auditor Professional Recognition Bodies. GFSI's aim is to attract and retain talent into the food safety profession by raising the profile of the profession of auditing, and focusing entry requirements on competence.
Recently, the food safety industry has had difficulty recruiting and retaining auditors. This has put a strain on the Certification Bodies' ability to keep up with the increasing demand in food safety audits. Due to increasingly complex and duplicated requirements applying to new and existing auditors, the situation has worsened, including the increasing GFSI Benchmarking Requirements for Certification Program Owners on auditors.