Conformance Statement

A document issued by GFSI to confirm recognition of a scheme.

Conformity Assessment Body

An organisation that performs assessment services and that can be the object of accreditation.

Consensus

General agreement, characterised by the absence of sustained opposition tosubstantial issues by any important concerned party and by a process that

involves seeking to take into account the views of all parties concerned and to reconcile any conflicting arguments. Consensus need not imply unanimity.

Conflict of Interest

Where either a Certification Body or an individual is in a position of trust requiring them to exercise judgement on behalf of others and also have

interests or obligations (whether financial or otherwise) of the sort that might interfere with the exercise of that judgment.

Conforming scheme

A food safety scheme that has successfully completed the GFSI Benchmark Process.

Corrective Action

An action to eliminate the cause of a detected non conformity or other undesirable matters.