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Title: What standards and regulations affect a food and beverage laboratory?

Author for citation: Shawn E. Douglas

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Introduction

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Globally recognized food safety standards

British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standard for Food Safety (GSFS)

British Retail Consortium

Codex Alimentarius

Codex Alimentarius

• Codex Alimentarius: https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/en/
• Food Safety and Quality FAO: https://www.fao.org/food-safety/food-control-systems/policy-and-legal-frameworks/food-laws-and-regulations/en/
• General Principles of Food Hygiene: https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/codes-of-practice/en/
• General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed -and- General Methods of Analysis for Contaminants: https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/thematic-areas/contaminants/en/

Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)

Global Food Safety Initiative

• GFSI Benchmarking Requirements: https://mygfsi.com/news-and-resources/?_news_topics=benchmarking&_type=publications&_date=2022%2C2021 and https://mygfsi.com/press_releases/gfsi-releases-new-edition-of-benchmarking-requirements/

Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP)

Hazard analysis and critical control points

• https://www.ifs-certification.com/index.php/en/

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 22000

ISO 22000

• Food Technology at ISO: https://www.iso.org/ics/67/x/ includes https://www.iso.org/standard/44001.html, https://www.iso.org/standard/60969.html, and https://www.iso.org/standard/66126.html

Safe Quality Food (SQF)

• https://www.sqfi.com/

Regulations and laws around the world

Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)

Food Safety Modernization Act

• FDA FSMA rules: https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-modernization-act-fsma/fsma-rules-guidance-industry#rules
• USDA Sanitation and Quality Standards: https://www.nal.usda.gov/legacy/fsrio/sanitation-and-quality-standards-0
• The current US food safety system: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK209121/

Safe Foods for Canadians Act (SFCA)

• https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/s-1.1/index.html
• https://inspection.canada.ca/food-safety-for-industry/toolkit-for-food-businesses/sfcr-handbook-for-food-businesses/eng/1481560206153/1481560532540?chap=0

Other influencing factors

Good manufacturing practice (GMP)

Good manufacturing practice

Conclusion

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