Food safety

Food safety means that consumers do not run the risk of becoming ill or injured after consuming food. Food safety is a worldwide concern. Not only because of the importance of public health, but also due to its influence on international trade.
European and national Dutch legislation for the food and drinks industry (warenwet) already contain many demands and standards pertaining to food safety. Customers also place additional demands on food safety assurance. As Fruitmasters has been awarded both IFS and BRC certification, it can comply with the strict demands placed by customers and consumers alike regarding food safety.

BRC
BRC stands for British Retail Consortium and was developed by British supermarket organisations in 1998. BRC is now applied all over the world. The standards encompassed by BRC concern food safety, quality and the system used to monitor these processes. Many customers (worldwide) base their supplier assessment on BRC.

IFS
IFS stands for International Food Standard and is the French/ German counterpart of BRC. The goal of the IFS standard is to control the risks of private labels in order to put safe food on the market. Many consumers (worldwide) base their supplier assessment on BRC and IFS.