Is the HACCP process internationally recognized?

Yes. The HACCP principles have been adopted all over the world, particularly in the USA, Europe, Asia and Australasia. Increasingly, HACCP is becoming an important feature in the import/export process. It is recognised by all countries as the best method of food safety risk management and is the basis of global supply chain food safety standards, the most important of which are the GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) benchmarked schemes. These include those from the BRC (British Retail Consortium), SQF (Safe Quality Food) and FSSC 22000 (Food Safety System Certification). Food business in Europe, for example, are governed by Food Hygiene Regulations such as Article 5 of EC 852/2004) to manage food safety using a documented and verified HACCP Plan supported by pre-requisite programmes such as cleaning, training, pest control, maintenance and supplier approval.