Freshcare is an industry owned non-for-profit on-farm assurance program used to provide benefits to both suppliers and clients. As of 1st August 2010, BSI provides auditing to the Freshcare Food Safety Program.

Certification to the Freshcare Food Safety Code of Practice, involves an independent (3rd party) verification by an approved certification body such as BSI. This verification process recognizes that the On-Farm Food Safety Program is compliant to the Freshcare Food Safety Program requirements. Freshcare is currently the largest Australian on–farm assurance program for fresh produce. 

• Freshcare provides Growers and Grower-Packers with an industry and customer recognized food safety program that is credible, easy to manage, cost-effective, and suitable for all fresh produce lines
• Freshcare offers wholesalers, packers and processors an independently audited food safety program that can easily be incorporated into their approved supplier programs

BSI believes the world should be supplied safe, high-quality food. We offer a broad range of food safety certification and risk management services.

We’re a leading food safety and certification provider with extensive auditing capacity and the capability to conduct integrated audits for a wide range of food safety standards across the entire food and beverage supply chain – including GFSI-recognized standards.

Our service solution for food safety includes certification, training, assessment and supply chain software, providing you and your customers assurance and enabling you to manage risk more effectively.