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IFS develops globally recognised product quality and safety standards and development programs with the expertise of retailers, manufacturers, certification bodies and other experts. With our help, companies increase the trustworthiness of their products and brands through a practised product and food safety culture.
Quality Assurance and Integrity Program
The IFS Integrity Program ensures that our standards are properly implemented.
This is guaranteed by:
- Integrity on-site checks,
- Integrity witness audits,
- and CB office audits.
In case of complaints, it is possible to reach IFS IP via the complaint-form or e-mail.
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With the accreditation of the certification bodies working with us and the IFS Standards, we ensure that our work is based on uniform international norms and thus on objectively verifiable quality standards. For us, accreditation means security and trust in our products.
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Making processes, structures, and business models more sustainable is a constant challenge for many companies. To help especially small and medium-sized companies integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles, IFS offers the ESG Check. With this tool, we support you on your way to a greener and more socially responsible future.
Product integrity / PIA
Ensure product integrity with IFS. We help you better understand and control risks relating to product integrity and food fraud. With our IFS PIA Assessment, you show your customer that you deliver products to specifications and manage your integrity risks properly.
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IFS Food 8 audits can start now
02.10.2023It is now possible to perform audits according to IFS Food version 8. For a period of three months, it is possible to perform an audit to either version 7 or version 8. IFS Food 8 audits will become mandatory for all certified companies from 1 January 2024.
The applicability of version 7 ends on 31 December 2023; only in exceptional cases may they be performed after this date. These exceptions are specified in the current IFS Food Doctrines for version 7 and version 8.
The update of the IFS Software auditXpress Neo (AXP Neo) for IFS Food 8 is already available. It significantly facilitates the reporting of internal audits and is free of charge. The new software is fast, intuitive, and clearly arranged. It facilitates the collaboration between audited companies and the certification body, that uses the same software.
Businesses certified to the IFS Food Standard find AXP Neo for downloading in the login area of the IFS Database. We have also made this software available to CBs approved for IFS Food and auditors who did the version 8 conversion training.
On our IFS YouTube channel, you can watch our video that gives you an overview of the most important changes in version 8 compared to version 7. For more details, download the IFS Food version 7 and version 8 comparison document.
The IFS Food Standard page provides all relevant information about the standard, the roadmap to certification and all relevant documents for downloading from the document hub. Be sure to visit this page to be excellently prepared for your first IFS Food 8 audit.
New doctrine for HPC version 3!
05.07.2023We recently published the doctrine for IFS HPC version 3. In this document, we answer frequently asked technical questions and give clarifications about the requirements.
The doctrine is a normative document complementing the standard. Accordingly, companies, certification bodies and auditors must follow the clarifications contained therein.
Among other topics, you will find more details regarding specific exceptional situations in which the audit to version 2 can be accepted after 1 September 2023.
Make sure to download the doctrine for IFS HPC version 3 before your next audit.
Check the technical clarifications in the new IFS Food Doctrines
04.07.2023We recently published the doctrines for IFS Food version 7 and version 8.
In these documents, we answer frequently asked technical questions and give clarifications about the requirements. The doctrines are normative documents complementing the standard. Accordingly, companies, certification bodies and auditors must follow the clarifications contained therein.
Among other topics, you will find more details regarding specific exceptional situations in which the assessment to version 7 can be accepted after 1 January 2024. Also, we clarified the information you need to provide in the extraordinary information form related to IFS Food 8 requirement 1.2.6.
Make sure to download the doctrine for IFS Food version 7 and for IFS Food version 8 before your next audit.
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IFS Faces - Laszlo Gyorfi
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I am looking forward to contributing to the developments at IFS and strengthening its position in the CEE markets. Laszlo Gyorfi, Senior Quality Assurance Manager and IFS Representative CEE IFS is happy to welcome Laszlo Gyorfi on the team. He is our...
IFS Faces - Sybil-Marie Deinhard
17 January 2023
Working as an HPC Standard Manager perfectly matches my experience with personal care products and my ambition to strengthen product quality and safety. Sybil-Marie Deinhard, HPC Standard Manager IFS is pleased to have Sybil-Marie Deinhard as a team ...
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