Resource Hub
GFSI and Scheme Insights
GLOBALG.A.P. Raising the Quality of Products with Good Agricultural Practices
GLOBALG.A.P. stands as a globally acknowledged standard, playing a pivotal role in enhancing agricultural practices worldwide and safeguarding the safety and quality of our food. This guide aims to provide you with a clearer understanding of the protocol.
Download
Our Solutions for the Agricultural Sector
As your business objectives change, our solutions will help you navigate the complexities of the food safety ecosystem.
Download
Providing Trust and Transparency to Consumers of Plant-Based Products
In the last couple of years, there has been an increased demand for plant-based products due to the impact of modern industrial farming methods on the environment, and animal welfare practices. This quick guide provides information on one of the fastest growing sector in the food industry.
Download
PrimusGFS Certification Scheme & How To Transfer Certification Bodies
PrimusGFS is a GFSI-benchmarked audit scheme for certification in the produce sector, including farms, indoor agriculture, harvest crews, and facilities engaged in the storage, handling or processing of agricultural products. The scheme covers the scope of the supply chain from pre- and to post- farm gate production.
Download
Food Safety Audits 101
A food safety audit is a way of gathering and assessing evidence to determine if the system in place is appropriate and effective. So, are you actually doing what it says you are doing in the written procedures? Have the hazards been identified and controlled or eliminated?
DownloadFood Safety Articles
Tackling Food Waste to Fight Climate Change
Explore the critical link between climate change, food production, and the pressing need to address food loss and waste.
Read now
A Fresh Future: A Dive into the 2023 Global Produce & Floral Show
Join us on a journey through the Global Produce & Floral Show 2023, where we explore industry trends, challenges, and opportunities. Discover what this global event has to offer, with a spotlight on QIMA's role in this dynamic landscape.
Read Now
Tips for implementing a food safety culture
If you are establishing a food safety culture to meet legal or certification requirements, the following tips can be a useful way to go.
Read now
Guidance for Brands and Specifiers - Top 5 recommendations for returning to onsite audits of your suppliers
Throughout the pandemic, BRCGS has continued to publish regular guidance and information to support the industry. We also launched a number of initiatives, either as temporary or permanent solutions to ensure continued certification for suppliers and ongoing customer assurance.
Read now
Sustainable Development Goals
Find out how the GLOBALG.A.P. Standards help you to meet some of the targets set in the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN by scrolling over the highlighted goals.
Read now
QIMA/WQS BRCGS CB of the Year
Food safety certifier QIMA/WQS won the award for Certification Body of the Year by BRCGS (Brand Reputation Compliance Global Standards) at the Food Safety Americas annual conference held in May 2021.
Read now
FSI: Food Safety: Collaboration, Transparency & the Road Ahead
In this episode host Linda Okpala speaks to new GFSI Steering Committee member Zoltan Syposs from The Coca-Cola Company on his first impressions, the increasingly important roles of collaboration and transparency, and the direction food safety is heading.
Listen Now
GLOBALG.A.P. streamlines food-safety audits, reduces fatigue
GLOBALG.A.P. certification programs allow produce shippers to expand their sales and markets.
Read now
GGNA Winter 2021 Membership Spotlight: Interview with QIMA/WQS
Why is GLOBALG.A.P. important to you?
The whole food supply chain depends on collaboration, and GLOBALG.A.P. is an essential piece of that puzzle. GLOBALG.A.P. and certification bodies like QIMA/WQS depend on each other to make food supply chain assurance a reality.
Read now
International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV 2021)
The IYFV is a unique opportunity to raise awareness on the important role of fruits and vegetables in human nutrition, food security, and health and as well in achieving the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Read Now
USDA, FDA Reiterate: COVID-19 Cannot Be Transmitted Through Food or Food Packages.
Epidemiologic and scientific information indicate that COVID-19 cannot be transmitted through food or food packaging.
Read nowScheme Updates
SQF Code – Edition 9 Downloads
Edition 9 will be implemented May 24, 2021. Companies using SQF Code to achieve the highest level of food safety management practices are leaders in the industry and trusted partners of retailers and consumers.
Download now
Animal Welfare for Broiler Chickens
The chicken industry has developed a specific set of expectations that will ensure that the birds we raise are taken care of with the highest standards starting at hatch.
Download Now
Animal welfare for slaughterhouses
Since 1991, the North American Meat Institute has encouraged its members to subscribe to voluntary animal welfare guidelines and to embrace auditing programs and they have done so. The meat industry was the first sector in animal agriculture to develop such guidelines and to begin self-audit programs. The North American Meat Institute released its updated 2021 Recommended Animal Handling Guidelines and Audit Guide in January 2021. This replaces the 2019 edition.
Download now
BRCGS Start! Quick Guide
The START! program recognizes and encourages the development of food safety systems in small sites where food safety management systems are immature. Developed in line with the full Food Safety Global Standard and the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Global Markets program, it is recognized and supported by many leading brands and retailers.
Download now
Do you know how a certification process works?
With well-structured steps, we provide a description of the QIMA/WQS certification process. Below, you can see the aspects involved in obtaining certificates, from the necessary requirements to start the process to the final stages of evaluation and issuance.
Donwload Now
Quick guide for Global Standards
Our Global Standards provide the framework for companies to easily fulfil their legal obligations to product quality safety and provide protection for the end consumer as well as their own brand, based on standardised quality, safety and operational criteria.
Download now
PrimusGFS Version 3.2 Documents
Azzule Systems has made its new version of PrimusGFS – v3.2 – available to auditees now, and will be the mandatory version for audits scheduled after March 1, 2022. PrimusGFS v3.2 aligns to the GFSI’s v2020 benchmarking requirements and offers both GAP (Farm, Indoor Agriculture, and Harvest Crew) and GMP (Cooling & Cold Storage, Packinghouse, Processing, Storage & Distribution) audits
Download now
BRCGS Food Issue 9
The BRCGS Food standard updated to version 9 on August 1, 2022. The update will be effective as of February 1, 2023. Access the updated version of the standard here.
Download now
IFS Food V8
Standard for auditing product and process compliance in relation to food safety and quality
Donwload
Use Of License, Certificates And Marks Of Conformity
The Use Of License, Certificates And Marks Of Conformity has as its objective establish the control over ownership, usage, and display of licenses, certificates, marks of conformity, and any other mechanisms for indicating that a product or system is certified.
Download now