Food Safety Culture

For your food safety management system to be effective, you must have a culture in which employees at every level prioritize food safety. What does having a strong food safety culture, and how can you achieve it?

Learn how to grow your company’s food safety culture in our new online self-paced Food Safety Culture course. It is not enough to rely on written rules and legal oversight. Safe food practices must be embraced on a fundamental, cultural level. If a true commitment to food safety is ingrained in the organizational culture, the behavior of employees at all levels of the organization will be aligned with that commitment.

This training will cover:

• Background and guidance information on food safety culture
• The five dimensions of food safety culture outlined in the GFSI Position Paper ‘A Culture of Food Safety’
• A thorough explanation of these dimensions with examples of good practices, strategies, and suggestions for practical application
• How to prepare for an audit that evaluates your food safety culture

Following course completion, you will have access to our Food Safety Culture Maturity Assessment. The assessment allows you to objectively appraise your current food safety culture. It will provide you with a clear picture of where specific improvements are needed. Suggestions for informed and measured actions you can take are built into the assessment feedback.

By making the recommended improvements, or by taking steps similar to the suggested actions, you can improve the food safety culture in your business. You can demonstrate in an audit that you are making informed and measured actions to affect multiple dimensions that impact culture.

The assessment also enables you to develop a multi-year program of improvement, evaluating your current maturity level at regular intervals. The 20 components of food safety culture evaluated in the assessment can be used as performance indicators, with measurable results demonstrating action and continuous improvement where needed.