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.

The most important news are the following:

• The introduction of the unannounced audit in the certification cycle: one can expect that surveillance audits will be performed unannounced.
• New requirements will be introduced and will address the aspects related to fraud and malicious contamination. ProCert will provide training on this.
• Management of auditor    qualification will be stricter with a new examination system.
• A new reporting format will be    communicated and applied by all Certification Bodies that will improve transparency and use of data.
• There will be critical    non-conformities, in addition to minor and majors, and the observations (or proposal for improvement) will not be used anymore.

Your contact person:
Ismail Saadi