The IFS Food Standard

The IFS Food Standard is built upon general aspects of a food safety and quality management
system. However, the main emphasis is to create confidence in the products and processes, meaning
that safety, quality, legality, authenticity and compliance with specified customer requirements are
ensured via an on-site evaluation and documentation review and inspection.

All IFS Standards follow a risk-based approach, which gives stakeholders the flexibility to implement the requirements
into their business based on the specific risks in regard to the products and processes.