Standards for the food and agriculture sector ensure the safety, quality, and sustainability of food products and farming practices. Covering everything from machinery and production to packaging and traceability, they drive innovation, harmonize practices, and tackle global challenges like food security.

Insights

Climate change: What it is, how it works and why it’s important

News today is rife with reminders of how climate change is affecting people around the world, from wildfires and floods to the loss of biodiversity and even human lives. But what exactly is climate change?

The circular economy: building trust through conformity assessment
Standards and conformity assessment provide assurance on aspects of the circular economy including product lifetime and recyclability, safety and efficiency.
Smart farming: the transformative potential of data-driven agriculture
Smart farming and precision agriculture leverage technologies like agricultural drones, robotics, IoT sensors, GPS and farm management information systems to improve production efficiency.

Sample standards

Food safety management systems — Requirements for any organization in the food chain

Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments
Part 1: Classification of air cleanliness by particle concentration

Microbiology of the food chain — General requirements and guidance for microbiological examinations

Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments
Part 4: Design, construction and start-up

Microbiology of the food chain — Preparation of test samples, initial suspension and decimal dilutions for microbiological examination
Part 1: General rules for the preparation of the initial suspension and decimal dilutions

Prerequisite programmes on food safety
Part 1: Food manufacturing