New Website Answers Questions About GFSI's Benchmarking Process

In light of numerous questions that have been received recently regarding the GFSI Benchmarking Process, the GFSI Board would like to share with you their commitment to the transparency of this process, as well as their position on the value that the benchmarking process brings to a global food industry. You will find  answers to the below questions that GFSI has received over the past months at http://www.myforumupload.com/ftpaccess/foodsafety/Benchmarking_GFSI_Board_Commitment.pdf

•    What is the aim of the GFSI Benchmarking Process?
•    How is the benchmarking process against the GFSI Guidance Document Sixth Edition different from that carried out against the Fifth Edition?
•    Does the GFSI Board see one scheme as being at the ‘forefront’ of the rest of the recognized schemes?
Will GFSI recognize a scheme that hasn’t directly gone through the benchmarking process itself? For example, would GFSI extend automatic recognition to a scheme that is itself benchmarked against a GFSI recognized scheme, or is a subset of a GFSI recognized scheme?