Sourcing guidelines and resources

Whether you’re a current or future supplier, find guidelines, best practices, payment portals and allyship resources — all in one place.
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Allyship

Learn about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. 

Allyship Resources

Global Responsibility

Our standards are upheld by our code of conduct. Explore our guidelines for working with suppliers.

Our Supplier Code of Conduct is available in the languages listed below.

Supplier Diversity

Supplier information, manuals, forms and more

Food Safety and Quality

General Mills Food Safety & Regulatory Requirements:

All external partners that develop, produce, package, store or handle General Mills products or ingredients/packaging materials/premiums used for General Mills products must comply with applicable laws and regulations pertaining to food safety and must meet General Mills minimum requirements for food safety and regulatory compliance.

Refer to General Mills most recent Global Responsibility Report to learn more about our overall approach to food safety.

General Mills has policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines that define our minimum global requirements for a broad range of food safety and regulatory areas including but not limited to

  • regulatory compliance
  • managing regulatory contacts
  • traceability of materials and products
  • management of non-conforming product
  • management of critical incidents (recall, withdrawal)
  • good manufacturing practices
  • sanitation
  • integrated pest management
  • transportation, shipping, and receiving
  • labeling
  • claims
  • specifications
  • HACCP
  • control of physical, chemical (including allergens) and biological hazards
  • ingredient and packaging material suppliers
  • raw agricultural commodities
  • food defense
  • food fraud mitigation

General Mills verifies compliance through General Mills verification processes and external certifications such as Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI).

When you become a General Mills partner, General Mills will provide more detailed expectations for food safety and regulatory compliance.

General Mills uses the following resources to communicate food safety and regulatory expectations for our ingredient suppliers, packaging material suppliers, warehouses, and brokers:

Download global packaging manuals and/or ingredient supplier manuals in a variety of languages.

  • General Mills Global Packaging Supplier Manual (EN/ZH/ES/PT/FR)
  • General Mills Ingredient Supplier Manual (EN/ZH/ES/PT)
  • General Mills Global Broker Manual (EN)
  • General Mills Warehouse Quality Manual (EN/ES/FR/ZH/PT)

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