{"id":89249,"date":"2026-10-20T10:23:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T08:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=89249"},"modified":"2026-11-06T05:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T04:26:29","slug":"ifs-international-featured-standards","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/en\/glossar\/ifs-international-featured-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"IFS (International Featured Standards)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>IFS<\/strong> IFS (International Featured Standards) is a family of standards for auditing and certifying companies along the food and consumer goods supply chain. These standards were initiated by trade associations to evaluate suppliers according to uniform criteria. For many retailers, IFS certification is a prerequisite for listing their private label products. This article describes the process and preparation. <a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/ifs-zertifizierung-bedeutung-ablauf-und-praxisnahe-vorbereitung-auf-das-audit\/\">IFS Certification: Meaning, Process and Preparation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The IFS family includes, among others:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#ifs-food\">IFS Food<\/a> \u2013 for food manufacturers and processors<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ifs-broker\">IFS Broker<\/a> \u2013 for trading agencies, importers and brokers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ifs-logistics\">IFS Logistics<\/a> \u2013 for warehousing, transport and logistics service providers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ifs-hpc\">IFS HPC<\/a> \u2013 for manufacturers of household and personal care products<\/li>\n<li>IFS Wholesale \/ Cash &amp; Carry \u2013 for wholesale, see <a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/produkt\/ifs-wholesale-schulung\/\">IFS Wholesale training<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All standards share a risk-based approach with requirements for corporate governance, management systems, resources, processes, measurements, and more. <a href=\"#food-defense\">food defence<\/a>. Our system is suitable for organizing all mandatory tasks throughout the year. <a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/service-lebensmittelsicherheit\/downloads-lebensmittelsicherheit\/vorlage-ifs-jahresarbeitsplan\/\">IFS Annual Work Plan Template<\/a>; The basic knowledge of all standards is taught by the <a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/produkt\/ifs-schulung\/\">IFS training<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Further offers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/produkt\/ifs-schulung\/\">IFS training<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/produkt\/schulung-ifs-food-grundlagen\/\">IFS Food basics training<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/produkt\/ifs-wholesale-schulung\/\">IFS Wholesale training<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IFS (International Featured Standards) ist eine Familie von Standards zur Auditierung und Zertifizierung von Unternehmen entlang der Lebensmittel- und Konsumg\u00fcterkette. Die Standards wurden von Handelsverb\u00e4nden initiiert, um Lieferanten nach einheitlichen Kriterien zu bewerten. F\u00fcr viele Handelsunternehmen ist eine IFS-Zertifizierung Voraussetzung f\u00fcr die Listung von Eigenmarken. Ablauf und Vorbereitung beschreibt der Beitrag IFS-Zertifizierung: Bedeutung, Ablauf und [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6433,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"glossary-cat":[],"class_list":["post-89249","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IFS (International Featured Standards) - Praxistrainings-LMS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Was ist IFS? 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