What is BRCGS Food Safety?
The BRCGS Food Safety Standard is the largest GFSI Manufacturing Scheme. First published in 1998, it is now on its 9th issue, released in 2022. Auditing against this standard started in February 2023.
The Standard provides Certification for food manufacturers and open-food processors who implement good manufacturing practices. They must demonstrate the supporting quality management systems to produce safe, legal products whilst meeting their customers’ requirements.
BRCGS Food Safety applies to any food processing or packing operation where open food/animal feed is processed. This may range from products such as fresh produce pack houses and slaughterhouses to processed foods and high risk, ready to eat products.
There are some additional voluntary modules. These sit alongside the Standard and are specific to retailers. So if you are working with or tendering for a Retailer who has a BRCGS specific module, you may have to integrate this too – but don’t worry, we are here to help!
What is the BRCGS Food Safety Culture Excellence Assessment?
In the latest revisions of all of the BRCGS Standards, the requirement for Food Safety and Quality Culture has become mandatory. Therefore, you need to be able to demonstrate that your organisation adopts a Food Safety and Quality Culture and has controls in place to determine this.
In addition to the Food Safety Standard, the Food Safety Culture Excellence Assessment has been introduced more recently. This comes in 4 different levels ranging from Basic to Enterprise. To learn more about the Food Safety Culture Excellence Assessment, click here.
How can Global QA help us with BRCGS Food Safety?
We are management system specialists. We are trained in the requirements of Food Safety, HACCP and TACCP/VACCP. Our Consultants are here to help those who require support. The Standard can appear daunting if you’ve had an opportunity to have a read.
Your Consultant will hold your hand through the process. They will ensure you have all of the policies, processes and procedures in place. Then, you just have to get generating the records!
Why should we use Global QA to help us gain Certification?
Certification Bodies and specifically BRCGS, recognise our Consultants for the work they do. With this in mind, we feel this provides you with the assurance that you are in the right hands. For help implementing or maintaining your Food Safety system, get in touch.
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To learn more about the Food Safety Standard, click here.