Building Food Safety Culture

The phrase “food safety culture” has been a buzz word in the food industry. It is now a requirement for food company management to demonstrate compliance with food safety culture in any GFSI recognized food safety certifications such as SQF, BRC.

What is a “food safety culture”? 

Food Safety culture refers to your organization’s culture or practices towards food safety when no one is watching.

Why a “food safety culture” important to your organization beyond the GFSI requirements?

Food Safety cultures link your organization’s culture with food safety. It is essentially the building block of your organization’s direction to many other things such as human resource management, health and safety etc.

More importantly, when we speak about food safety, it is about keeping our consumers safe and happy, along with compliance with food regulatory requirements.