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Wal Mart suppliers to all be GFSI accredited

6th February 2008 by Alex Briggs

Wal Mart will require all suppliers of their own label products to meet the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standards.

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, said GFSI standards provide real-time details on where suppliers fall short in food safety on a plant-by-plant basis, and go beyond the current audit process required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Under the GFSI program, producers of Wal-Mart’s private label and other foods sold in the United States must be audited by independently trained, approved and licensed auditors who are experts in their industry, the retailer said.

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