Standards for the food and agriculture sector ensure the safety, quality, and sustainability of food products and farming practices. Covering everything from machinery and production to packaging and traceability, they drive innovation, harmonize practices, and tackle global challenges like food security.

Insights

Climate change: What it is, how it works and why it’s important

News today is rife with reminders of how climate change is affecting people around the world, from wildfires and floods to the loss of biodiversity and even human lives. But what exactly is climate change?

Smart farming: the transformative potential of data-driven agriculture
Smart farming and precision agriculture leverage technologies like agricultural drones, robotics, IoT sensors, GPS and farm management information systems to improve production efficiency.
The circular economy: building trust through conformity assessment
Standards and conformity assessment provide assurance on aspects of the circular economy including product lifetime and recyclability, safety and efficiency.

Top standards

Microbiology of the food chain — General requirements and guidance for microbiological examinations

Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry — Serial control and communications data network
Part 5: Network management

Agricultural machinery and tractors — Safety of partially automated, semi-autonomous and autonomous machinery
Part 4: Verification methods and validation principles

Food safety
Part 1: Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of food safety management systems

Prerequisite programmes on food safety
Part 1: Food manufacturing

Food safety management systems — Requirements for any organization in the food chain