Certima B.V. is an international RvA accredited certification body for leading GFSI recognized schemes. Our team has more than 14 years of experience in food auditing and certification.

We foster Transparency, Collaboration and Trust in the Food Supply Chain by performing supplier and certification audits that are trusted as highly professional and truthful contribution to food safety locally and internationally.

Next to certification we provide efficient solutions for supplier compliance in the area of food safety, quality, sustainability and legal compliance.

We have a trusted Dutch accreditation

We are proud to be accredited by the Dutch Accreditation Council (RvA) and at the same time to have a broad international recognition of our certificates.

We perform IFS Food, IFS Logistics, IFS Broker, IFS Wholesale/Cash & Carry and BRC Food (+ all add-ons) in all product and technology scopes. Those audits are trusted as highly professional and truthful contribution to food safety locally and internationally.

Our people know your industry well

All our auditors and personnel have significant background in food manufacturing and quality and food safety management, and feature deep understanding of the specifics of your sector. You can rely on our audits to gear up your FSMS to serve you well.

We are prompt in responding to you

We will send you an offer in 2 days after receiving your application form and defining the scope and duration of your audit.

We are prompt in scheduling of your audit. We have available auditor capacity and we do our best to perform the audits in your certification timeframe if you contact us at least 3 months in advance.

We score high on the process KPIs of schemes for file duration and have an internal quality indicator for the duration of the certification process of 35 days in comparison with 56 days required by IFS and 42 days required by BRC.

 We also provide an option for a fast track of your certification process in which audit duration could be even less than 35 days.

We perform your audit in local language

We do our best to perform the majority of our audits with local people. In case we need to involve international auditors to perform your audit, we provide translation in local language.

You get firsthand information about latest requirements

We are on the forefront of scheme developments and well aligned with their most recent requirements. You can take advantage of this by joining our regular local and international webinars and trainings.