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Global Food Safety and Quality Standards IFS Family of GFSI Benchmarked Certification Standards for the food supply chain IFS safety and quality standards are global leading standards accepted anywhere GFSI is requested. The Acheson Group – from a comparison of IFS standards to Existing and Proposed FSMA Regulations Learn more by visiting our website and downloading our free standards. Join our group on LinkedIn at IFS Food. www.ifs-certification.com » Certification to the IFS standards go above the low bar of regulatory compliance to improve product quality and safety and promote brand protection. « IFS Food IFS Logistics IFS PACsecure IFS Broker For several years, retailers and major food processors have been asking suppliers for certification to GFSI standards to ensure safety of the products they supply. And as many of those suppliers have complied with the request, there was another gap noticed – storage and transportation. US Foods, in their quest to be an industry leader and prove to customers that they have the systems and processes in place to ensure storage and delivery of safe food, began implementing the IFS Logistics certification standard in their facilities. In 2014, The Acheson Group, led by Dr. David Acheson, a strategic consulting firm for food and beverage companies and those providing technical support to the food industry, released a case study on the success of US Foods outlining their reasons for certification and their experience with FSMA compliance. These results were significant. But now, US Foods has gone a step further and commissioned the business department at the University of Michigan to study the business effects of certification pre- and post-certification. The results of this study, one that was designed to understand the business value of certification, has yielded valuable results. These results will be delivered at the Food Safety Summit in Baltimore, Maryland. As the gap in storage, distribution, and transportation certification narrows, more and more companies providing these food services will look to global standards. And understanding the value of the chosen standard is very important.