Promoting best practice food safety and management of quality
Many retails and brand owners around the world will only consider business with suppliers who have gained certification to a
global, recognized food safety standard such as the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety.
The BRC Global Standard for Food Safety is applicable to any supplier, regardless of product or country of origin, and sets the standard for food manufacturing plants.
BRC was the first standard to be approved by the GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) in 2000. Its objectives include:
- Promote best practice food safety and management of quality
- Reduce duplication of inspections and cost for suppliers
- Provide clear and consistent guidance on baseline retail requirements for suppliers
- Facilitate continuous improvement in factory systems
- Increase confidence in retailer own label products
The BRC standard is a certifiable standard, and certification is carried out by accredited certification bodies (such as QMI – SAI Global). Accreditation is maintained and regulated by BRC. Currently, there are over 10,000 certified manufacturers in over 96 countries around the world.
Why choose BRC?
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- Clarity - created by retailers, but adapted to manufactures. Contains well defined requirements and a straight forward certification process.
- Creditibility - In its 10th anniversary, it was the first standard in the world approved by GFSI. An experienced technical services team and expanding customer support help gives manufactures peace of mind.
- Collaboration and Continuous Improvement - an international expert technical committee reviews the standard in order to improve and stay current around food safety trends.
- Consistency - a global training infrastructure allows for localized, language-based training and auditing teams. Audit reports are standardized around in the world.
- Confidence - Robust performance monitoring assessment tools and a transparent complains procedure helps maintain rigorous requirements for the competence, qualifications and experience of auditors.
About GFSI
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), co-ordinated by CIES - The Food Business Forum, was launched in May 2000. The GFSI Foundation Board, a retailer-driven group, with manufacturer advisory members, provides the strategic direction and oversees the daily management.
Under the umbrella of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), 7 major retailers have come to a common acceptance of four GFSI benchmarked food safety schemes.
The benchmarking work undertaken by the standard owners and other key stakeholders on four food safety schemes (BRC, IFS, Dutch HACCP and SQF) has now reached a point of convergence. Each scheme has now aligned itself with common criteria defined by food safety experts from the food business, with the objective of making food manufacture as safe as possible. As a result, this will also drive cost efficiency in the supply chain and reduce the duplication of audits.
For more information about GFSI, please visit:
http://www.ciesnet.com.
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