Differences to IFS Food:

• The HACCP concept has been substantially reduced
• The demands on the manufacturing process have been removed
• The demands on the infrastructure and the working environment have been removed

If brokers / importers have their own warehouse and conduct transportation on their own behalf, these parts of their operations must be certified in accordance with IFS Logistic.

This has given rise to a modular system of certification that can be applied in a flexible way to the processes of brokers and importers.

IFS Broker has been developed in such a way that it can be used for all brokers irrespective of the products. The original HACCP concept has been adapted in such a way that it can be applied to brokers in the Food area and also used to assess risk management in the areas of Non-Food and HPC.

IFS Broker is initially only being offered to brokers / importers. After IFS HPC is introduced in early 2010, IFS Broker will be extended to include the product scope of IFS HPC. Brokers / importers of Non-Food products not covered by IFS HPC will be able to be audited in accordance with IFS HPC from the middle of 2010 onwards when the training modules for auditors have been completed.