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International Feed Safety Alliance (IFSA)

Since 2003, FEMAS has been working closely with partners within the International Feed Safety Alliance (IFSA) to produce an international standard for the assurance of feed ingredients across the world. The International Feed Safety Alliance (IFSA) is a joint project initiated by the major European feed industry assurance organisations: Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) of the UK with FEMAS, Overlegplatform Voedermiddelenkolom VZW (OVOCOM) of Belgium with GMP Animal Feed, Productschap Diervoeder (PDV) of The Netherlands with GMP+, QS Qualität und Sicherheit GmbH (QS) of Germany with QS-manual and Fédération Européenne des Fabricants d’Aliments Composés/European Feed Industry Federation (FEFAC). In 2005 IFSA produced the IFSA Standard for Processed Feed Ingredients (IFIS). Because of the close similarity between IFIS and the FEMAS Core Standard, FEMAS was able to adopt the full text of IFIS in 2005.

FEMAS has updated its text each year since 2005 to reflect operational experience and in 2007 other IFSA members agreed to adopt into IFIS all changes made to the FEMAS text since 2005.

All FEMAS clients who are certified against the FEMAS Core Standard automatically meet the criteria of both FEMAS and IFIS. FEMAS certificates reflect this by including reference to IFIS.

For further details please contact Martin Jowett on 01423 878878 or 0845 226 5401 or Martin.Jowett@thepaigroup.com