Food Quality Magazine October 2014 | Page 10

Food Quality Magazine ISSUE 02 | AUTUMN 2014 GFSI: “Safe food for consumers everywhere” The food world’s biggest story of technical cooperation Chris Anstey, Independent Consultant to the GFSI Global Markets Working Group dependent network, CIES - The Food Business Forum, now the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), agreed to take collaborative action to improve consumer confidence. In May 2000, GFSI was founded. If you were working in food safety in the ‘90s, you will remember a series of high-profile international food safety crises. Audit fatigue was prevalent within the industry as retailers and brand manufacturers audited factories against their own standards, developed in isolation and with no consideratio