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{{Short description|Private organization}}
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|OrganizationName=Global Food Safety Initiative
|OrganizationName= Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)
|OrganizationType=Non-profit, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), International Organizations
|OrganizationType= Non-profit, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), International Organizations
|Mission=GFSI's mission is to ensure the safety of food throughout the supply chain, promoting continuous improvement of food safety management systems to deliver safe food to consumers worldwide. It achieves this by harmonizing food safety standards and benchmarking certification programs.
|Mission= GFSI's mission is to ensure the safety of food throughout the supply chain, promoting continuous improvement of food safety management systems to deliver safe food to consumers worldwide. It achieves this by harmonizing food safety standards and benchmarking certification programs.
|ParentOrganization=Consumer Goods Forum
|TopOrganization=Consumer Goods Forum
|OrganizationExecutive=Director General
|OrganizationExecutive=Director General
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|Website=https://mygfsi.com/
|Services=Benchmarking; Certification recognition; Training; Conferences
|Services=Benchmarking; Certification recognition; Training; Conferences
|ParentOrganization=The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)
|HeadquartersLocation=50.84499, 4.35681
|TopOrganization=The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)
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|HeadquartersLocation=50.844991, 4.356811
|HeadquartersAddress=Avenue des Arts 46, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
|HeadquartersAddress=Avenue des Arts 46, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
|Website=https://mygfsi.com/
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{{Short description|Private organization}}


The '''Global Food Safety Initiative''' ('''GFSI''') is a private organization that works as a "coalition of action" from the [[Consumer Goods Forum]] (CGF) and brings together retailers and brand owners (manufacturers) from across the CGF membership. The GFSI operates under [[multistakeholder governance|multi-stakeholder governance]], with the objective to create "an extended food safety community to oversee food safety standards for businesses and help provide access to safe food for people everywhere".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Overview|url=https://mygfsi.com/who-we-are/overview/|access-date=3 November 2021|website=myGFSI|publisher=GFSI|archive-date=30 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030090136/https://mygfsi.com/who-we-are/overview/|url-status=live}}</ref> GFSI's work in benchmarking and [[Harmonization (standards)|harmonization]] aims to foster mutual acceptance of GFSI-recognized certification programs across the industry, with the ambition to enable a "once certified, accepted everywhere" approach.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Recognition|url=https://mygfsi.com/how-to-implement/recognition/|access-date=3 November 2021|website=MyGFSI}}</ref>
The '''Global Food Safety Initiative''' ('''GFSI''') is a private organization that works as a "coalition of action" from the [[Consumer Goods Forum]] (CGF) and brings together retailers and brand owners (manufacturers) from across the CGF membership. The GFSI operates under [[multistakeholder governance|multi-stakeholder governance]], with the objective to create "an extended food safety community to oversee food safety standards for businesses and help provide access to safe food for people everywhere".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Overview|url=https://mygfsi.com/who-we-are/overview/|access-date=3 November 2021|website=myGFSI|publisher=GFSI|archive-date=30 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030090136/https://mygfsi.com/who-we-are/overview/|url-status=live}}</ref> GFSI's work in benchmarking and [[Harmonization (standards)|harmonization]] aims to foster mutual acceptance of GFSI-recognized certification programs across the industry, with the ambition to enable a "once certified, accepted everywhere" approach.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Recognition|url=https://mygfsi.com/how-to-implement/recognition/|access-date=3 November 2021|website=MyGFSI}}</ref>