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BRC Global Standard - Food
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) created the global standard for food, establishing a single common standard for the evaluation of companies supplying retailer branded foods. It has been developed to assist retailers in fulfilling legal obligations and to ensure the highest level of client protection. Although developed in the UK, the standard is acknowledged internationally.
The BRC Global Standard - Food is now in its fourth issue and has been extensively revised to reflect revised EU legislation and continuous best practice requirements.
What is the BRC Global Standard - Food?
The Standard contains requirements for a HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) system in accordance with the requirements of Codex Alimentarius, a documented quality management system and control of the factory environment standards, products, process and personnel.
For further information on the BRC Global Standard - Food visit the British Retail Consortium website at www.brcglobalstandards.com.
How can BRC Global - Food certification benefit my organization?
Food manufacturers who supply retailers endorsing the scheme now have an obligation to bring their systems in line with this standard. A key aim of this standard when first developed in 1998 was to provide a single common standard to avoid the confusion and duplication of data which previously existed with the various individual retailer schemes. Additional benefits are that the BRC Global Standard - Food:
- enables suppliers to report on their status to customers recognizing the Standard
- covers all areas of product safety and legality
- addresses part of the due diligence requirements of both the supplier and the retailer
- can be combined with your ISO 9001 and/or HACCP visit, saving you time and money
How can we gain certification to the BRC Global Standard - Food?
We provide a range of services, including assessment and training courses, to prepare you for certification. Our certificates are truly earned and are a reliable and transparent symbol of management achievement and a commitment to continual improvement.
Our assessment process involves these primary stages:
Why Choose LRQA?
At LRQA, we are passionate about what we do, and we understand what's at stake for your business. We work hard to apply our expertise to make your management systems more efficient and effective. This is why we are one of the world's most trusted management system assessment companies providing assurance for your business and in turn, your clients.
- Reputation and Experience – We have issued over 505 approvals at more than 550 sites to the BRC Global Food standard. We are recognized and respected worldwide for our own high standards of technical competence, impartiality and independence.
- Assessor Expertise – We use a unique qualification coding system that matches our assessors' industry knowledge and expertise with your business needs enabling them to conduct an effective and robust audit of your system.
- Assessment Methodology – Our assessments focus on the area and issues that are important to your business. We view the process as more than just certification; we view it as a Business Assurance process that helps you assure key stakeholders that you can deliver on the promises and goals you make.
- Assessment Reports – We will provide helpful and insightful overviews in the Executive Summary, tracking of improvements in key areas in the Continual Improvement logs, and advanced views of your long term assessment plan.
- Extensive range of services – We can provide your organization with assessment, certification and verification services to support your organization's future growth and development. In addition, our comprehensive training courses offer the tools you need to prepare, implement, maintain and improve your management system.
- Integrated Assessments – We will work with you to reduce costs through the effective integration of management system assessments.
- Global Capabilities – We have over 2,000 employees offering assessments in over 30 languages. We operate a single system worldwide, which ensures that our certification process is consistent from any of our offices around the world.
LRQA Business Assurance Approach
Our Business Assurance approach to management systems assessment and reporting is unique; it's an approach that enables you to demonstrate how your system is helping to drive your business forward in a measurable and verifiable way. We believe that building trust stretches far beyond the issuing of certificates. It's about us enabling you to deliver on your promises, to be confident in your capabilities and to stand out from the crowd.
Through Business Assurance, we can help you determine whether your management system:
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