Crandall Philip G, Mauromoustakos Andy, O'Bryan Corliss A, Thompson Kevin C, Yiannas Frank, Bridges Kerry, Francois Catherine
1 Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72704, USA.
2 Agriculture Statistics Lab, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA.
J Food Prot. 2017 Oct;80(10):1613-1622. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-16-481.
In 2000, the Consumer Goods Forum established the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) to increase the safety of the world's food supply and to harmonize food safety regulations worldwide. In 2013, a university research team in conjunction with Diversey Consulting (Sealed Air), the Consumer Goods Forum, and officers of GFSI solicited input from more than 15,000 GFSI-certified food producers worldwide to determine whether GFSI certification had lived up to these expectations. A total of 828 usable questionnaires were analyzed, representing about 2,300 food manufacturing facilities and food suppliers in 21 countries, mainly across Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and North America. Nearly 90% of these certified suppliers perceived GFSI as being beneficial for addressing their food safety concerns, and respondents were eight times more likely to repeat the certification process knowing what it entailed. Nearly three-quarters (74%) of these food manufacturers would choose to go through the certification process again even if certification were not required by one of their current retail customers. Important drivers for becoming GFSI certified included continuing to do business with an existing customer, starting to do business with new customer, reducing the number of third-party food safety audits, and continuing improvement of their food safety program. Although 50% or fewer respondents stated that they saw actual increases in sales, customers, suppliers, or employees, significantly more companies agreed than disagreed that there was an increase in these key performance indicators in the year following GFSI certification. A majority of respondents (81%) agreed that there was a substantial investment in staff time since certification, and 50% agreed there was a significant capital investment. This survey is the largest and most representative of global food manufacturers conducted to date.
2000年，消费品论坛设立了全球食品安全倡议（GFSI），以提高全球食品供应的安全性，并协调全球食品安全法规。2013年，一个大学研究团队与德卫咨询公司（希悦尔公司）、消费品论坛以及GFSI的官员共同向全球15000多家获得GFSI认证的食品生产商征求意见，以确定GFSI认证是否达到了这些期望。共分析了828份可用问卷，这些问卷代表了21个国家的约2300家食品制造企业和食品供应商，主要分布在西欧、澳大利亚、新西兰和北美。近90%的这些获得认证的供应商认为GFSI有助于解决他们的食品安全问题，而且受访者在了解认证流程后，再次进行认证的可能性高出八倍。近四分之三（74%）的这些食品制造商表示，即使当前没有零售客户要求进行认证，他们也会选择再次进行认证。获得GFSI认证的重要驱动因素包括继续与现有客户开展业务、开始与新客户开展业务、减少第三方食品安全审核的次数以及持续改进其食品安全计划。虽然只有50%或更少的受访者表示他们看到销售额、客户、供应商或员工实际有所增加，但更多的公司同意而非反对在获得GFSI认证后的一年里这些关键绩效指标有所增长。大多数受访者（81%）同意自认证以来在员工时间方面有大量投入，50%的受访者同意有重大的资本投资。这项调查是迄今为止针对全球食品制造商开展的规模最大、最具代表性的调查。
