Food Safety Culture

The purpose of this questionnaire is to get you to think about the issue of implementing an effective food safety culture by asking challenging and stimulating questions.

We want to contribute to the development of your food safety management system, which is supported and developed by all staff in your organisation.

Through the 12 questions below, supported by concrete examples of implementation and potential impacts in case of inadequate implementation, you will quickly get an overview of the situation in your organisation.

It is aimed at business leaders who want to get a quick overview of their implementation situation without having to study sophisticated guides, literature or maturity models at this stage.

It is recommended that the self-assessment be carried out at all levels of the organisation in order to obtain a consistent overview. If the self-assessment is carried out only by the management, the objective of the self-assessment cannot be achieved. Of course, the assessment can also be carried out in groups or individually and be integrated into the annual interview.

The 12 questions take into account the new legal bases in force as well as other sources and the experience acquired by ProCert over the last 20 years in the successful implementation of a management system with exemplary leadership.

This questionnaire is only useful if all levels of the organisation as well as the employees deal with the questions individually and in sufficient depth. The questionnaire concerns the whole organisation. The whole organisation must have a "say".

Look at the questions critically. If you cannot answer 'yes' with conviction, then you have identified an area for action.

This questionnaire does not claim to be exhaustive. But it covers the key elements of a good food safety culture.

The ProCert auditor may find, if necessary, a non-conformity (or a B assessment for IFS Food) on the chapter concerned. This questionnaire is not part of a BRC, FSSC 22000 or IFS assessment.

You are free to share the results with ProCert, as a partner. We encourage you to do so. Our task is to support you in your organisational development and in the maturity of your management system.

ProCert offers you a specific remote audit. We then provide you with a confirmation in which we attest to the self-assessment carried out throughout the organisation and the implementation of appropriate measures, provided that the self-assessment was carried out conscientiously (see also FAQ).

The confirmation can be renewed every year. Within the scope of this mandate, we can also provide you with benchmark data in anonymised form if sufficient data is available. Your ProCert Contact person is at your disposal for the organisation of such an audit.

If you send us your results, you will receive the following analysis from us: your result compared to other organisations. While respecting your anonymity, we will provide you with evidence to illustrate good practices or point out shortcomings. This service will be offered as soon as ProCert has received a certain number of responses.