IFS Managing Director Alexander Rogge to Speak at GFSI Conference

January 22, 2010

Panel will present GFSI recognized schemes

Berlin, Germany/St. Louis, USA – January 5, 2010 – International Featured Standards (IFS) Managing Director Alexander Rogge of the Paris, France office, will address Global Food Safety Conference attendees as part of apanel discussion on Friday, February 5th, 2010.

“I am excited to speak on behalf of the IFS on such an esteemed panel,” commented Mr. Rogge. “It gives me great pleasure to address the Conference attendees about the impact the IFS standard can make within their organization.”

The panel discussion will outline the recognized schemes of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI).

IFS will have an exhibit booth at the GFSI Conference for the first time at which existing and prospective customers can learn more about IFS and how it would be a good fit for their facilities, both domestically andglobally.

Inquiries about IFS should be directed to either:

George Gansner (St. Louis, MO USA) at gansner@ifs-certification.com or call 314.753.6786; OR

Kathrin Schmechel (Berlin, Germany)at schmechel@HDE.de or call 001.49.30.726.250.13

About IFS: International Featured Standards (IFS) is an umbrella brand for globally recognized standards in Food, Logistic, Household and Personal Care (HPC), Broker, and Cash & Carry/Wholesale developed by the associated members of the German retail federation – Hauptverband des Deutschen Einzelhandels (HDE) – and of its French counterpart – Fédération des Entreprises du Commerce et de la Distribution (FCD), along with input from retailers in Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, and Austria.

IFS Food is a global uniform quality assurance and food safety Standard accepted under the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). The Standard, which is used worldwide, is intended to allow the assessment of suppliers’ food safety and quality systems in accordance with a uniform approach and applies to all the post-farm gate stages of food processing. More than 12,000 IFS Food audits were performed in 2009. More information about IFS can be found at www.ifs-certification.com.

–– Follow IFS Food on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/IFS_Food

–– Join IFS Food Group on LinkedIn.com: Search for IFS Food on www.LinkedIn.com under Groups.

–– Join IFS Food Group on Xing.com: Search for IFS Food on www.Xing.com under Groups.

About Global Food Safety Conference: Held this year at the JW Marriott in Washington, D.C., February 3-5,The Global Food Safety Conference is a unique annual event, bringing together over 500 food safety specialists from over 40 countries around the world. More information about the Global Food Safety Conference can be found at www.tcgffoodsafety.com.

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