Overview of Food Safety Management Systems & Certification Schemes

Understand what food safety certification really demands – and what it delivers. This course gives supervisors, managers and quality professionals a practical view of how food safety management systems and certification schemes operate across the Canadian and global food system. You will explore the regulations that set the baseline, how HACCP-based systems work in Canadian facilities, the role of the Global Food Safety Initiative, and how to select and work through a certification. The emphasis is on using certification to strengthen daily operations, leadership accountability and market access, rather than treating it as a box to check.