GFC

What Is?


Active Managerial Control:  The Alaska Division of Environmental Health offers free resources for those seeking a food safety management system.

Global Aquaculture Alliance Best Aquaculture Practices certifies social, environmental and food safety standards at aquaculture facilities throughout the world. 

 Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP):  The Global Aquaculture Alliance coordinates the development of certification standards for the evaluation of management practices from production through processing.

Certified Humane: A certification and labeling program that requires the humane treatment of farm animals from birth through slaughter.




Dolphin Safe: Standards that ensure the tuna is caught by methods that do not harm dolphins and protect the marine ecosystem.

Fair Trade: A certification label meaning that the producers and traders have met Fairtrade standards which address the imbalance of power in trading relationships, unstable markets and the injustices of conventional trade.

Gluten-Free: Products carrying the Gluten-Free Logo represents reliability for meeting strict gluten-free standards.

Green Restaurants: Certifying restaurants for the past two decades in each of the Green Restaurant Association's seven environmental categories of 1) Water Effciency, 2) Waste Reduction and Recycling 3) Sustainable Furnishings and Building Materials 4) Sustainable Food    5) Energy 6) Disposables 7) Chemical and Pollution Reduction.

Halal Certification (Ifanca): A product certification verifying that the ingredients, preparation, processing, hygiene and sanitation procedures that meet the manufacturing requirements for Muslim products.

HAACP:   HACCP is a management system in which food safety is addressed through the analysis and control of FDA.jpgbiological, chemical, and physical hazards from raw material production, procurement and handling, to manufacturing, distribution and consumption of the finished product.

ISO (International Organization for Standardization) -  ISO is the world's largest developer and publisher of International Standards including the following:

9,000 Series Of Standards - Quality Management

14,000 Series Of Standards -  Environmental Management

22,000 Series Of Standards - Food Safety

28,000 Series Of Standards - Supply Chain Security



Marine Stewardship Council: The MSC has established 3rd party, certifiable standards for sustainable fishing and seafood traceability for wild fisheries.

 Non-GMO: North America’s first consensus-based standard, third-party product verification program, and uniform seal for products made following best practices of Genetically Modified product avoidance.

Safe Quality Food Institute:  The SQF Program is a fully integrated food safety and quality management protocol designed specifically for the food sector with application at all links in the food supply chain and a division of the Food Marketing Institute.



Salmon Safe: An independent U.S. West Coast certification of farms, vineyards, and other agricultural and urban operations based on protection of water quality, stream habitat, and native biodiversity.

USDA Certified Organic:    USDA's National Organic Program regulates the standards for any farm, wild crop harvesting, or handling operation that wants to sell an agricultural product as organically produced.