Click to watch : GFSI – Global Food Safety Initiative on ways in which the GFSI can establish guidelines to utilise accredited third-party certification . “ We also have a longstanding association with the Chinese government and have a MOU with their certification body CNCA and have been able to recognise its programme as being technically equivalent to the GFSI ’ s ,” he adds . “ We have a similar relationship developing in the US where we ’ re seeking recognition of the GFSI from the FDA where its agricultural marketing service is submitting its produce safety certification programme for our technical equivalence evaluation . Elsewhere , our Southern Latin America local group ( Argentina , Chile and Brazil ) is blossoming . We have a letter of intent to work with the ministry of agribusiness in Argentina and we ’ re looking to establish a MOU with the Chilean government – there are great opportunities for companies to build positive collaborations with regulators through GFSI .”
Reaching out and establishing alliances like these is key to
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