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Not using online PIFs? Here’s what you’re missing.
No more scrolling through the endless V5 spreadsheet, wondering which sections need updating, and no more time wasted when the wrong version is shared with your trading partners.
You can also attach all relevant documents and certificates to your PIF, and
they automatically travel with the current version. You’ll have the option to review, update
and resend certificates and attachments. These will always be on hand for any teams who need to review them, and keeping them up to date is a breeze.
3ACCURATE, SEARCHABLE AND ACCESSIBLE DATA
If you’ve ever caught yourself leafing through folders of printed documents, or searching through a shared drive for the latest version, then you’ll love a PIF V6.0 portal.
Making the move to online PIF V6.0s involves setting up a PIF portal, or using the services of a food consultant who already has a portal set up. This is your secure, centralised data repository – so any authorised team member can find the latest, finalised and approved PIF information promptly.
Every field within a PIF V6.0 is searchable, so you have all the information you need right there at your fingertips. This is an enormous time-saver, whether the QA team needs to quickly search for the product code for a raw material
that has just been delivered
to the manufacturing site
so they can confirm its storage requirements to
the warehouse, or R&D
needs to identify all halal- certified ingredients.
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Are you or your team manually cross-checking when a replacement PIF arrives and you need to know what has changed since the previous version, or when your procurement team sources an alternative ingredient from a new trading partner?
With a PIF V6.0 portal, you can automatically compare
If you are wondering whether to make the transition to the new online Product Information Forms, the Australian Food and Grocery Council Acting CEO Dr Geoffrey Annison is confident you’ll never look back.
THE new online Product Information Form, affectionately known as the PIF V6.0, is designed by the industry, for the industry – to save food and grocery companies across Australia and New Zealand time, money and hassles.
If you haven’t yet started using PIFs, or if you’re still wrangling the old V5 Excel spreadsheet, it’s definitely worth your while to have a look at PIF V6.0 and investigate the benefits it can provide your company. Here are seven reasons why you’ll be glad you did:
1STREAMLINED COMPLIANCE
Are you still filling in the PIF
V5 as well as the Country of Origin Annex form separately? Or you might be manually completing time-consuming specification sheets, copying and pasting data to complete your finished product PIF?
If you’re still using the PIF V5 you need to be vigilant about the gaps in your compliance data, because PIF V5 has not been updated to ensure compliance with the current ANZ Food Standards Code and other regulations. The online portals step you through everything you need to complete a PIF V6.0.
By using this fully searchable, interoperable, online form, you’ll collect and manage all the data that you need to assist with compliance to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, Country of Origin labelling requirements, imported food controls and other regulations. All of this while eliminating time-consuming and repetitive data entry.
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No more uncertainty over which is the latest up to date version, or who updated it last.
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