Food Industry

Market Directors

Christian Schwob

Schwob Christian

Member of Board of Directors MS; Market Director Food Management Systems Switzerland; Lead Auditor and Tutor

Office Bern (Switzerland)
Languages English, French, German
Ismail Saadi

Saadi Ismail

Member of Board of Directors SM, Market Directorate, Lead Auditor & Lead Tutor

Office Angers (France), Ariana (Tunisia), Liège (Belgium)
Languages English, French, Italian
Debbie Brandt

Brandt Debbie

Director ProCert Southern Africa; Lead Auditor & Lead Tutor; NQMS Auditor

Office Ceres (South Africa)
Languages Afrikaans, English
Helena Orlikowski

Orlikowski Helena

Contact person, Lead Auditor, Auditor product certification;

Office Bern (Switzerland)
Languages English, German
Richard Schnyder

Schnyder Richard

Chairman of the Unit Management System and of the Management Board, Contact person

Languages English, French, German, Italian
Countries of operation Switzerland
Sébastien Dester

Dester Sébastien

Member of Board of Directors MS, Market Directorate, Contact Person, Lead Auditor

Office Liège (Belgium)
Languages French
Jean-Marc Bachelet

Bachelet Jean-Marc

Member of Board of Directors MS, Market Directorate, Contact Person, Lead Auditor

Office Angers (France), Liège (Belgium)
Languages English, French
Cédric Brun

Brun Cédric

Member of Board of Directors MS, Market Directorate, Contact Person, Lead Auditor

Office Angers (France), Liège (Belgium)
Languages French
Olivier Traber

Traber Olivier

Member of Board of Directors MS, Market Directorate, Contact Person, Lead Auditor

Office Bern (Switzerland)
Languages English, French, German
Cécile Des Longchamps

Des Longchamps Cécile

Contact Person, Lead Auditor

Office Angers (France)
Languages English, French
Marie-Laure Pouteau

Pouteau Marie-Laure

Contact person, Lead Auditor

Office Angers (France)
Languages English, French
Sandrine Bonnet

Bonnet Sandrine

Contact person, lead auditor

Office Angers (France)
Languages French

News

5-star BRCGS rating

ProCert Achieves the prestigious BRCGS 5-star rating!

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Information on FSSC 22000 Version 6

Version 6 of FSSC 22000 was published on1 April 2023.

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Newsletter IFS Food Version 8

IFS Food V8 is applicable from 1 October 2023, and mandatory from 1 January 2024.

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FSSC 22000 Version 6

Version 6 of the FSSC 22000 system was released on March 31, with a 12-month transition period.

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Lifting of IFS suspension

GFSI lifted the suspension of IFS on 8 March 2023.

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Suspension of IFS by GFSI

Last Friday, GFSI announced the suspension of IFS for 3 months, without giving any reason. A very unusual measure.

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Information concerning Version 9 of the BRCGS Food

Version 8 of BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety is now available. Its application is mandatory from 1 February 2023.

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Information on version 7 of IFS Food

ProCert has informed his clients about the most important changes that affect them. Below you will find a summary of the points covered.

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ProCert tool for self-assessment in food safety culture

The requirement for a food safety culture is now a legal obligation in the EU. Regulation (EU) 2021/382 of 3 March 2021, which includes requirements in the field of food safety culture, entered into force on 24 March.

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Publication of the new IFS Food Version 7

IFS – International Featured Standards has announced the publication of the new IFS Food Version 7.

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New BRCGS registration fees

Certain BRCGS registration fees will be modified as of 1 August 2020.

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BRCGS Product Certification Programs

The BRCGS has published two product certification programs:

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News about FSSC 22000 Food, Packaging, Feed, Transport & Storage

Mandatory survey and new handling of corrections

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The remote audit as a real alternative

As a result of the current crisis with the coronavirus, direct contacts have to be reduced to a minimum and on-site audits have proved difficult or even impossible. Remote audits are the solution.

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Publication of IFS Food V7 postponed

The possibility for certification bodies to become IFS Food accredited has been available since the first publication of the IFS Food Standard in 2002. Accreditation is an essential part of guaranteeing the integrity of the IFS standards, which the certification bodies then demonstrate through the quality of their own certification activities.

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FSSC Version 5: additional requirements

FSSC has approved and published additional requirements to ISO 22000:2018,which are mandatory with the V5 protocol.

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FSSC 22000 Version 5: Important modifications

The new version 5 of the FSSC 22000 contains certain modifications of importance. We summarise the most important points below.

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Latest developments in connection with the BRC Global Standard Food

Interpretation of requirement 1.1.2

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BRC Global Standard for Food Safety has been published!

Version 8 of BRC Global Standard for Food Safety is now available. Its application is mandatory from 1 February 2019.

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New BRC fees and date of implementation of BRC V 8

BRC increases the fee and the date of implementation is known.

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News about BRC Food Issue 8

BRC Food Draft Issue 8 available.

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IFS Food Version 6.1 available

IFS Food Version 6.1 is published now.

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New standard FSSC 22000 version 4

What you need to know

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Development of the standard FSSC 22000 – the most important changes

Following the annual meeting organized by the FSSC Foundation on 26 and 27 September in Amsterdam, some changes have been made for version 4, which will be published early 2017.

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Revision de la norme 22000

Since the publication in 2005 the ISO 22000 standard is reviewed the first time.

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