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This application is an independent compliance-support and information-management platform. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or certified by SQFI, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius, the HACCP Alliance, or any other standards organization or governmental authority referenced within the application.

Regulatory, certification, and standards information is provided for informational and compliance-support purposes. Users should consult the current official source for authoritative requirements and interpretations.

Where this application references privately owned standards or certification schemes, including SQF and MSC, the application uses original, independently created summaries, explanations, workflows, and compliance-support materials. Copyrighted standard text is not reproduced unless appropriate permission or licensing has been obtained.

References to clauses, sections, standards, regulations, certification programs, organizations, or other third-party materials do not imply endorsement, affiliation, certification, or partnership.

Official sources are provided so users can review the authoritative requirements and obtain applicable standards, publications, training, certification, and guidance directly from the respective organizations.

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Frameworks in this library

SQFSafe Quality Food CodeSQFI / FMI — GFSI benchmarked · Edition 9Official source HACCPHazard Analysis and Critical Control PointNACMCF / Codex Alimentarius CXC 1-1969 · NACMCF 1997 / Codex Rev. 2020Official source MSCMarine Stewardship Council StandardsMarine Stewardship Council · Fisheries Standard v3.0 / Chain of Custody v5.1Official source CODEXCodex AlimentariusFAO / WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission · General Principles of Food Hygiene CXC 1-1969, Rev. 2022Official source FDAFDA Food RegulationsU.S. Food and Drug Administration · 21 CFR / FSMA / Food Code 2022Official source USDAUSDA Regulations (FSIS & AMS)U.S. Department of Agriculture · 9 CFR / 7 CFROfficial source ISO 9001Quality Management Systems — RequirementsInternational Organization for Standardization · 2015 (Amd 1:2024)Official source ISO/IEC 17025Competence of Testing and Calibration LaboratoriesISO / IEC · 2017Official source GAP / ProduceGood Agricultural Practices & Produce Safety RuleUSDA AMS audit programs; FDA 21 CFR 112 · 21 CFR 112 (current) / USDA GAP-GHPOfficial source Feed / AAFCOAnimal Food & Feed Manufacturing RequirementsFDA 21 CFR 507 (CGMP & Preventive Controls for Animal Food); AAFCO model labelling · 21 CFR 507 / 21 CFR 225 (current)Official source LivestockLivestock Care, Treatment & Humane Handling RecordsUSDA FSIS 9 CFR 313 (humane handling); FDA 21 CFR 530 (extralabel drug use); FSIS residue program · Current federal regulationsOfficial source ElectronicsElectronic Assembly Acceptability & Reliability PracticeIPC (public standard summaries); ANSI/ESD S20.20; ISO 2859-1 sampling · IPC-A-610 / J-STD-001 current revisionsOfficial source TextilesApparel & Textile Quality, Labelling and Safety RulesUS FTC Textile & Care Labeling Rules (16 CFR 303, 423); CPSC 16 CFR 1610 flammability; AATCC/ASTM test methods · Current federal regulationsOfficial source

Copyright and public information

  • The application uses publicly available U.S. laws, regulations, and government information from official sources where permitted, and identifies the applicable source.
  • Codex Alimentarius materials are publicly available through the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius website; use of specific materials is subject to the applicable Codex terms and notices.
  • SQF and MSC are the trademarks and standards of SQFI and the Marine Stewardship Council. Clause references and summaries here are original descriptions written for training and system-building; they are not the standard text and are not a substitute for the official document.
  • Form templates are our own designs, structured to help you capture the records these frameworks expect, not copied from any scheme owner's forms.