IFPS is committed to Food Safety and has established a Board Committee to channel that commitment and focus.  Its position on Food Safety is as follows:
• The establishment of a single set of internationally recognized criteria against which food safety programs are benchmarked.
• The outcome must encompass the total fresh produce supply chain.
• One global benchmarking system is preferable for the fresh produce sector.

IFPS’ work in this area will be enhanced through having been granted liaison status with the International Standards Organization (ISO) on their Food Safety Management Committee - ISO/TC 34/SC 17 Management systems for food safety and observer status with Codex. 

The Codex Alimentarius Commission was created in 1963 by FAO and WHO to develop food standards, guidelines and related texts such as codes of practice under the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Program. The main purposes of this Program are protecting health of the consumers and ensuring fair trade practices in the food trade, and promoting co-ordination of all food standards work undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organizations.