BRCS Food Safety

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BRC certification stands for British Retail
Consortium. This is a Food Safety Standard
recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative
(GFSI). GFSI is an association of food safety
experts from over 95 countries, come together to
fix benchmarks in food safety. These benchmarks
shall be followed to obtain certification to food
safety standard which is globally acceptable. BRC
certification is one of them. BRC food safety
standard is now revised to version 8.
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• BRC Standard has following Minimum fundamental
  requirements to be complied with
• Top management commitment and involvement
• Management of external providers and suppliers of
  packaging materials
• The food safety plan, Hazard Analysis Critical
  Control Points (HACCP)
• Periodic Internal Audits/ Auditors to be
  qualified in Food Sciences or equivalent Bio
  Sciences
• Traceability
• Optimized Plant Layout, Process flow and
  Segregation
• Corrective and Preventive Actions
• Management of Allergens
• House Keeping and Hygiene
• Control of Operations
• Accuracy of Labelling and Pack Control
• Training of personnel in raw material handling,
  Preparation, Control of processes, storage and
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• BRC food safety is a comprehensive global food
  safety standard covering all requirements of the
  scope, covering areas, legality and product
  safety
• BRC Standard is a GFSI standard and hence has
  universal acceptance
• BRC Certified facilities appear in publicly
  available BRC standards directory detailing their
  achievements of certification
• BRC certified facilities comply with legislative
  and regulatory requirements of Food Safety
• BRC certification ensures that all suppliers
  adhere to set of food safety certification
  requirements
• BRC Standard Provides modules for voluntary audit
  submissions
• BRC provides for voluntary audits of select
  sections, which are graded through both announced
  and unannounced audits.
• The better the grade achieved in the BRC audits,
  the lesser is the frequency of Surveillance
  audits by certifying bodies. https//enhancequalit
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