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BRC British Retail Consortium

BRC is now known as BRCGS. BRC earlier know as British Retail Consortium was developed by UK Retailers. BRC Global Standard is scheme owner who have developed standards specifying requirements for retailers, manufacturing and food service organisation.

BRCGS is one among the recognised GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) Standards. GFSI is different than BRC. GFSI has recognised four standards BRC Certification, FSSC22000, IFS and SQF. BRC, IFS, SQF and FSSC22000 standards have their distinct requirement for audit and compliance.

First published in 1998, the Food Safety Standard is now in its eighth issue and is well-established globally. It has evolved with input from many leading global specifiers.

It provides a framework to manage product safety, integrity, legality and quality, and the operational controls for these criteria in the food and food ingredient manufacturing, processing and packing industry.

Benefits

  • Increases brand protection and minimizes risk / Reduce risk of recalls
  • Better relationships with EU retailers
  • Can increase market share and meet buyer requirements
  • Achieve operational efficiencies – less waste, more organization, increased profits
  • Improves your quality and food safety system

Requirements

BRC global standard Issue 8 of the Standard is divided into nine sections. In each of the below listed requirements, there are many sub-requirements.

  1. Senior management commitment
  2. The food safety plan – HACCP
  3. Food safety and quality management system
  4. Site standards
  5. Product control
  6. Process control
  7. Personnel
  8. High-risk, high-care and ambient high-care production risk zones
  9. Requirements for traded products

The standard focuses on

  • Encouraging development of product safety culture;
  • Expanding the requirements for environmental monitoring to reflect the increasing importance of this technique;
  • Encouraging sites to further develop systems for security and food defense;
  • Adding clarity to the requirements for high-risk, high-care and ambient high-care production risk zones;
  • Providing greater clarity for sites manufacturing pet food; and
  • Ensuring global applicability and bench-marking to the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)

Certification

In order to be certified under BRC a company must meet the following criteria;
  • Gap Analysis, Food Safety Policy, Food Safety Objectives
  • Carried out HACCP
  • Have a documented system for an effective quality management system
  • Conduct regular internal audits of products, processes and personnel
  • Food Defence and Security Risk Assessment
  • Risk Assessment of Raw Material, Packing Material, Outsource Processes
  • Conduct Internal Audit
  • Conduct Management Review Meeting
  • Application to Certification Body
  • Final Certification Audit – end of project

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Preview BRC Standard

To purchase BRC Food Safety standard issue 8 please visit www.brcgsbookshop.com