FoodCert India Pvt. Ltd – Profile (FCI)

FoodCert India Pvt. Ltd – Profile (FCI)
FCI is a Certification Body incorporated as a private Limited company in the year 2003.
Exclusively Focusing on the Quality Standards related to entire Food Chain “Farm to Plate”, offering
both National and International Accreditations.
Accreditations / Recognitions
From National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB), Quality Council of
India (www.qcin.org) under National/International schemes for the Scopes:
• Agriculture Production and Harvesting on the farm covering fresh fruits, vegetables
and combinable crops for Good Agricultural Practices.(ISO Guide 65)
• Food Safety Management Systems: ISO22000.
• Ayush Products Certification Scheme(New)
NPOP, Organic certification Scheme from Govt. of India (ISO Guide 65) with EU approval
under European Regulation (EC) No 537/2009 and NOP,USA
By APEDA for extending financial benefits under Quality Programs.
By Food Aid Organizations of United Nations under World Food Program for ISO 22000
certification for its suppliers.
Other international Schemes offered by FCI in India under the recent arrangement with NSF-
CMi, U.K (www.nsf-cmi.com) since January , 2012:(Parent body: NSF-USA (www.nsf.org)
Global GAP, ISO 22000, BRC, FSSC 22000
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Trainings
Accredited by National Accreditation Board for Education & Training, Quality Council of India
for the training course; Food Hygiene (GHP/GMP) Awareness Program.
Memberships
FCI is a member of the
Technical Committee for developing GAP and GFCP Certification Standards for Medicinal
Plants-Set up by Ayush Dept., Ministry of Health, Govt. of India
Multi stakeholder Steering committee (MSC) for overseeing the Voluntary Certification Scheme
for AYUSH Products-Set up by Ayush Dept.
Expert Group setup by FSSAI ( Food Safety & Standards Authority of Inida), on Food Safety to
propose a basic Food Safety Management System for food establishments & certifying food
safety professionals.
Committee on Promotion of Quality in Agriculture-Interpretation of provisions of Global GAP
scheme as applicable under Indian situation-Set up by Quality Council of India/Food Plus Global
GAP scheme owner.
Expert Committee for formulation of National Agricultural Code-Setup by Bureau of Indian
Standard
Task force on Horticulture setup by CII.
Technical Committee for Food Hygiene, Safety Management Sectional Committee-FAD15-Setup
by Bureau of Indian Standards.
Specialized products sectional committee (FAD24) setup by BIS.
Some of the Indian Clients (within food chain):
Agri Buisness and Farming Solutions (A Division of Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation
Ltd), Mother dairy Fruit & Vegetable Ltd, Freshtrop Fruits Ltd, Euro Fruits Pvt Ltd, Punjab State Co-op
Supply & Marketing Federation Ltd, Kaybee Agro Farms Pvt Ltd, Hertiage Foods India Ltd, Jain
Irrigation Corporation, Ushodya Enterprises Ltd, Venky’s India Ltd,, Eastern Condiments Pvt Ltd, CCL
Products, Unijules Life sciences Ltd, Maharishi Ayurveda products and many more
NSF-CMi Clients: (International)- (www.nsf-cmi.com); Parent Body – NSF-USA (www.nsf.org)
Sysco, Tesco, Whitbread, Yum Brands, Walmart, Starbucks, TGI Fridays, Papa John’s Pizza, Casino/
Big- C, Samsung, Costco, Subway, Asda, Beefeater, brewers fayre, Bella Italia, CAFÉ ROUGE, Iceland,
KFC, TOBY, Pizza Hut, Ramada Jarvis, Premier travel inn, Hardrock & many more.
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