IFS PACsecure - Packaging Safety and Quality Standard

It is an IFS standard for packaging safety and quality and is aimed at organizations producing primary and secondary packaging materials. It was developed by IFS, the Packaging Consortium in Canada and together with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and industry representatives. It defines a risk-based approach aimed at focusing on the dangers and related risks in the various production phases from the raw material to the distribution of the final product.

The purpose of the standard is to ensure:

  • safety and quality of packaging materials
  • transparency along the supply chain.

Contents of the IFS PACsecure standard

The standard is divided into 6 chapters:

  1. Management responsibility
  2. Quality and safety management system of packaging materials
  3. Resource management
  4. Planning and production process (includes requirements relating to product vulnerability: "Product fraud")
  5. Measurement, analysis and improvement
  6. Product protection plan / product defense and external inspections.

Advantages of the IFS PACsecure standard

It is a standard recognized by retailer. It aims to:

  • avoid repeat audits by customers 
  • improve the reputation and commercial visibility of the organisation
 Tool to enhance the agri-food and forestry sectors, increasing market confidence... Tool to certify the capability of an organization to gain and maintain steadily, service standard declared to the public... Formal act of a third-party body that certify the conformity of the product technical reference documents, marketing deed to enhance and diversify the product... For years the training offered by IMQ group represented a point of reference for professional development and the update of freelance and employees. Second and third-party, inspections and testing: expert auditors capable to understand the situation of the company...