{"id":89261,"date":"2026-10-20T10:57:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T08:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=89261"},"modified":"2026-11-06T05:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T04:25:54","slug":"ifs-food","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/en\/glossar\/ifs-food\/","title":{"rendered":"IFS Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>IFS Food<\/strong> is the best-known standard of <a href=\"#ifs\">IFS family<\/a> It is aimed at companies that process or package food products, including those that handle or package loose food items. It is recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and is particularly required by the German, French, and Italian food retailers. A concise introduction is offered by the... <a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/produkt\/schulung-ifs-food-grundlagen\/\">IFS Food basics training<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>IFS Food assesses requirements in the areas of corporate governance and <a href=\"#lebensmittelsicherheitskultur\">food safety culture<\/a>, Quality and food safety management (including <a href=\"#haccp\">HACCP<\/a>), resource management, operational processes, measurements and improvements, as well as <a href=\"#food-defense\">food defence<\/a>. Selected requirements are listed as <strong>Knockout criteria<\/strong> The requirements are categorized \u2013 if they are not met, certification is not possible. The result is awarded as Basic or Higher Level.<\/p>\n<p>Successful certification requires structured annual planning (e.g., using the <a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/service-lebensmittelsicherheit\/downloads-lebensmittelsicherheit\/vorlage-ifs-jahresarbeitsplan\/\">IFS Annual Work Plan Template<\/a>), effective <a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/produkt\/schulung-interner-auditor\/\">internal audits<\/a> And trained staff are crucial. Our article provides background information. <a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/en\/ifs-food-schulung-anforderungen-verstehen-und-audits-sicher-vorbereiten\/\">IFS Food Training: Understanding Requirements and Preparing for Audits with Confidence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Further offers<\/h3>\n<ul>\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-schulung\/\">IFS training<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/praxistrainings-lms.de\/produkt\/schulung-qm-dokumentation\/\">QM documentation training<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IFS Food ist der bekannteste Standard der IFS-Familie und richtet sich an Unternehmen, die Lebensmittel be- oder verarbeiten oder lose Lebensmittel verpacken. Er ist von der Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) anerkannt und wird insbesondere vom deutschen, franz\u00f6sischen und italienischen Lebensmitteleinzelhandel gefordert. Einen kompakten Einstieg bietet die Schulung IFS Food Grundlagen. IFS Food bewertet Anforderungen [&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-89261","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 Food -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Was ist IFS Food? 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