International Alliance for Feed Safety
On the way to a uniform international standard for the quality assurance of feed materials
To harmonize the worldwide differences in quality assurance systems, four organizations - AIC for the United Kingdom, OVOCOM for Belgium, the Productschap Diervoeder for the Netherlands and QS for Germany are working together with FEFAC (European Feed Manufacturers Association) on a joint initiative to establish the International Alliance for feed safety (IFSA: International Feed Safety Alliance). This alliance is developing a common standard for the quality assurance of feed materials. The individual standards, which are currently owned by the four national organizations, will then be converted into a common standard. The goals of the alliance are as follows:- The development of a common standard for feed materials that will make a significant contribution to ensuring feed and food safety.
- The common standard will cover the requirements for the global procurement of feed materials by European feed manufacturers.
- IFSA will establish and manage an International Feed Materials Program to ensure compliance, control of implementation, certification and auditing of the standard.
- IFSA recognizes the importance of working closely with all supplier stakeholders in the preparation of the IFSA programme.
- IFSA is committed to implementing this vision in the most cost-effective way.
All partners involved in this important initiative recognize the benefits of bringing certification and auditing into a common international IFSA program. In addition, a uniform standard will also facilitate European cooperation and harmonization. The existing standards will be phased in from January 2005. For more information please contact:
- Johan den Hartog, Product Board Animal Feed (tel: +31 (0)70 370 83 90).
- Yvan Dejaegher, OVOCOM (tel: +32 (0)2 5140186)
- Hermann-Josef Nienhoff, QS Quality and Safety GmbH (Tel.: +49 (0) 228 35068-0)
- John Kelley, Agricultural Industries Confederation (tel: +44 (0) 1733 385230)
- Alexander Döring, FEFAC (tel: +32 (0)2 285 00 50)
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Source: Bonn [ qs ]
