IFS Progress Food: Food Safety for Small and Medium Enterprises

Ecocert Canada is proud to partner with the IFS Progress Food program to offer a food safety certification service. This partnership aims to strengthen consumer confidence and ensure high standards of quality and safety in the agri-food sector.

IFS Progress Food is a progressive program that helps food businesses establish adequate quality and food safety processes. Designed by industry experts, this program offers an easy and effective entry into quality and food safety processes, while meeting legal and customer requirements.

The program is designed to support the implementation, maintenance, and progression of your company's food quality and safety processes. It starts with a basic level covering 45% of the IFS Food standard requirements and can evolve to an intermediate level covering 70%. You can follow the program steps at your own pace, based on the needs and requirements of your business partners, while maintaining certification at the level that best suits your company.

The IFS Progress Food program offers numerous benefits for your food business:

• Flexibility: The IFS Progress Food certification is designed to be flexible and adaptable to businesses of all sizes, whether small, medium, or large.

• Progressivity: The basic level includes all the requirements of an HACCP program, covering 45% of the IFS Food requirements.

• Compliance with legal requirements: Helps businesses comply with food safety regulations.

• Meeting business partner expectations: Allows you to meet current and future business partner requirements by demonstrating your commitment to implementing a standard related to the basic requirements of IFS Food, itself recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI).

• Implementation of food safety and quality prerequisites: Facilitates the identification and control of hazards, as well as the understanding and minimization of risks.

• Strengthening traceability systems: Improves the ability to track and manage products throughout the supply chain.

The IFS Progress Food certification also offers added visibility and credibility for certified businesses. It strengthens consumer confidence, making them more likely to choose certified products for their quality and safety, and enhances the company's reputation by being a guarantee of quality and compliance. Additionally, this certification allows access to new markets.

By partnering with the IFS Progress Food program, Ecocert Canada reinforces its commitment to food safety and quality. This is a unique opportunity for businesses to comply with high and recognized food safety standards while benefiting from increased notoriety and credibility.

To learn more about the IFS Progress Food program and how you can benefit from it, visit our website here.

Financial assistance may be available depending on your province or territory. Please inquire with your Ministry or competent authority.