AIB Certification Consultancy
Our AIB consultant will help you get AIB Certification in a time and cost-effective way. Punyam’s team of AIB consultants will provide you active support in the implementation of AIB requirements, pass through certification audit and achieve AIB Certification.
AIB is acronym for the American Institute of Baking. AIB International is one of the world's foremost providers of training and certification programs related to food safety, quality management, process optimization, and avoidance of recalls.
AIB Certification
AIB certification is based on the AIB International Consolidated Standards for Inspection of Prerequisite and Food Safety Programs, which represent key requirements that a facility must meet in order to keep the food products in a facility wholesome and safe. AIB's standards consist of five Categories for Inspection. Each category is allocated 200 points for scoring purposes, to a total of 1,000 points. A passing score is 700 and above. AIB Certification is mainly for Food-Contact Packaging Manufacturing Facilities. It is considered as a benchmark in food manufacturing and distribution industry engaged in production, packaging and distribution of fresh produce, finished food and beverages, food ingredients, food packaging.
Following are the steps of AIB certification consultancy followed by Punyam.com:
- Initial gap analysis and survey of the existing system
- Conduct awareness program for all the employees on AIB International Consolidated Standards, Prerequisite and Food Safety Programs
- Form a steering committee and task-force for documentation
- Identify food safety team, carry out hazard analysis and prepare food safety plan
- Define policy and establish food safety objectives
- Prepare documents as per AIB International Consolidated Standards requirements
- Implementation and training of all personnel in the use of procedures and formats
- Training to employees related to food safety hazards and risk identification
- Carry out meeting to review progress of AIB project
- Take corrective actions for non-conformities
- Apply for AIB certification
- Facilitate AIB inspections and certification audit by AIB certification body
- Take corrective actions on the non-conformities and audit findings of the certification body
- Get AIB Certification
- Demonstrates that the facility has a healthy and sanitary environment that ensures food safety
- Identifies and prevents food hazards
- Less chances of product recalls
- Helps to comply with food safety regulation
- Helps to meet expectations of customers as well as industry expectations for safe food
- Gain competitive advantage
- Boosts productivity
- Saves time and resources
- Improves supplier engagement
- Opportunity for exports and hence achieve new business
In order for the organisations to achieve AIB certification the organisation has to meet AIB Consolidated Standards for Food-Contact Packaging Manufacturing Facilities. The key requirements that need to be fulfilled by the organization include requirements in five areas:
- Receipt, storage, monitoring, handling, and processing of raw materials to manufacture and distribute safe final product.
- Design, maintenance and management of equipment and facility to provide a sanitary, efficient, and reliable manufacturing environment.
- Cleaning and sanitizing of equipment, utensils, and buildings
- Assessment, monitoring, and management of pest activity
- Prerequisite programs (PRP) and food safety programs