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As of 01 August 2022 the new version BRCGS Food Safety has been launched. The so-called ‘Issue 9’ adds some important themes to the well-known BRCGS Food Safety standard. In the revision you will find a new strong emphasis on developing food safety culture and on building core competencies. Find out what it means for you as a food manufacturer or packaging business. .

Four major companies joined Kiwa in 2021: Raba Kistner, Construction Sciences, PPI Quality & Engineering and T2 utility engineers. Who are they and what do they do exactly? We asked their respective leaders to tell more.

Kiwa’s team of experts is attending the Gastech exhibition and conference from 5 – 8 September. We will present our wide range of services at the single largest global meeting place for the natural gas, LNG, hydrogen and low carbon-solutions.

Certification Quality Resources (CQR) has reached an agreement with Kiwa for the integration of its certification and inspection services in Colombia and throughout the Latin American region. This integration complements our agri-food certification services.

Last year the EC adopted a proposal for the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. Kiwa welcomes the initiative on adequate corporate sustainability reporting wholeheartedly. Professional evaluation by an accredited organization is essential for the credibility of the CSRD. Kiwa supports the call for fair market access for independent assurance service providers in the context of the CSRD.

One of the ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is to capture and store or use released CO₂. To do this efficiently and safely, additional knowledge is needed. Kiwa has invested in new facilities to investigate and test with high pressure CO₂.

Kiwa Lithuania has welcomed their new country manager: from 8 June 2022 Kęstutis Mikalauskas will be at the helm of Kiwa in Lithuania.

Currently the draft for IFS Food version 8 is under public consultation. So one can expect the new version to be released within a few weeks to months. Are you already prepared to meet the renewed requirements?

While concrete applications of hydrogen are already fully operational, there is still much to be discovered about the properties of the gas. At Kiwa, materials expert Sjoerd Jansma is conducting research into the phenomenon of permeability.

PI Berlin, leading trusted technical advisor, risk manager and quality assurance provider for photovoltaic power plants and equipment, is now a member of the Kiwa Group.