CII National Award for Food Safety 2011
CII Institute of Quality is happy to invite your Organisation and your Suppliers who are engaged in Food Manufacturing and Food Service establishments to participate in the CII National Award for Food Safety 2011.
The Award was launched for the first time in India in 2010. This year, under the able guidance of the CII Expert Group on Food Safety and Quality, the Food Safety Assessment Model has been upgraded to 2011 revisions (Ref: FS Award Model). It now encompasses social and improvement initiatives besides sector specific Good Manufacturing practices & Management of Food Safety Systems . The Food Safety Systems are drawn from GFSI recognised FS 22000 standards, Codex Codes of Practices and the new Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Schedule 4 and other examples of best practices.
This Award program is open to Large, Medium and Small & Micro Scale Food Manufacturing units, Hotels, Restaurants and Retail outlets dealing with Food Products (Ref Criteria of Assessment).
CII will be seeking good practices that showcase your establishments’ food safety strategy and its deployment through systems, results and various other improvement initiatives.
How would Applicants benefit
Participating in the Food Safety Award program would help organizations to compete in the local and global market through its manifold benefits, including:
- Developing capability as the Global Supplier
- Receiving an external perspective on the organizations food safety practices, systems and performances and various improvement initiatives. CII Assessors would comprise a select group of Food Safety and Quality professionals from the Industry and reputed Food related Institutions who have received wide exposure to global food safety standards and are trained by CII on the Award Model.
- Providing insight on the gaps for organizations to upgrade their roadmaps related to food safety & various improvement initiatives in a sustainable manner, based on national and international standards & guidelines and customized for the various sectors and sizes
- Helping compare with best in class
- Providing an opportunity for national recognition
CII believes that organisations which plan to use the assessment findings based on the CII Food Safety Model for internal improvements would truly be enabled in identifying and improving their practices and performance through a companywide awareness on a methodical and holistic approach thus helping it to compete in the local and global market.
The ultimate goal is to achieve globally acceptable Food Safety standards in a sustainable manner and the assessment report would be aimed at making that happen.
We do hope that your own establishments as well as those of your suppliers, motivated by you, would participate in this Award program to leverage its manifold benefits.
Do fill in the ‘Letter of Intent’ (one for each Applicant Unit) and send it to the CII Award Secretariat by May 10, 2011. The ‘Fee Structure’ detailing the Application and Site Visit Fees’ are enclosed for your reference.
