Ensuring quality and safety is key to the competitiveness of the food industry players, and the survival of brands, food producers, and companies. Therefore, managing risk has become a central requirement for those operating along the entire food production chain - from farmers, fishermen and growers to food processors, retailers, distributors and storage and transport companies.

Managing risk is essential for everyone in the food industry who works to guarantee quality and safety in any segment of the food chain – including restaurants and catering, packaging, equipment and chemicals manufacturers and service providers such as pest control, laundry, transport and logistics – and who wants to maintain a competitive presence on the market.

A global industry
The supply chain stretches around the world, and food product distribution and sales is carried out on an international scale. This causes consumers to be cautious when choosing food products for their table.

When we add the national and international food related incidents of the past decade, it is easy to understand the current climate of consumer concern, fuelled as always by media attention.

A question of trust
Businesses and consumers look to trustworthy companies to meet their demands for guarantees. Companies can earn this trust by being able to demonstrate that they are diligent and vigilant and that they have an effective, rigorously maintained management system across all their processes.

Such companies have a wide-reaching risk management approach, and the certification to prove it. Certification to recognised national or international standards ensures implementation of best practices and communicates this to the business and consumer segment.

Partner with DNV for:

• Feed & food safety management system certification, to change your company’s approach from retroactive quality testing to a preventive way of thinking (ISO 22000, HACCP).
  
  
• The retailers’ and producers’ standards are designed to comply with the specific customer requirement, focusing on products and processes, including more detailed requirements concerning GMP/GHP (BRC food/BRC IOP, IFS, GMP FEFCO, GMP PDV, FAMI QS, FPA SAFE, Eurepgap).
  
  
• Management system certification, to demonstrate your company’s commitment to product quality and safety, environmentally sound operations, and the health and safety of your employees (for instance ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, and ISO 22000).
  
  
• CSR/sustainability, to communicate trust and satisfy consumer demands for sustainable operations.
  
  
• Voluntary product certification, to guarantee safety and quality, and communicate your product’s own unique value.
  
  
• Traceability certification, to support all aspects and encompass the activities of all the production companies involved in bringing a food product from farm to fork.

You can also browse the value chain, to read about your particular needs.

DNV offers Risk Based Certification™ worldwide, and holds a wide range of national accreditations. With our global network of local resources, we provide you with the service most suitable to your needs, type of business, and company location.