1.2.7 Documentation

The GFSI Benchmark Committee Leader shall systematically record all information appertaining to the assessment of a scheme during the benchmarking process or annual assessment and this information shall be retained by the GFSI Executive Director for a period of ten years.

1.2.8 Dismissal of GFSI Benchmark Committee Leaders and Benchmark Committee Members

The GFSI Executive Director shall have the discretion to remove and replace any member, including the GFSI Benchmark Committee Leader of a Benchmark Committee, at any time if it is deemed necessary to do so. It is also at the discretion of the GFSI Executive Director to remove an individual from the Register of Benchmark Committee Members.

1.2.9 The Benchmarking Programmes

The key activities, responsibility for these activities and timescales for completion are specified in the following tables in relation to new applicant schemes and schemes, which require re-benchmarking or an extension to scope of recognition.