NEW VERSION BRCGS V.9:
The BRCGS scheme is one of the most widely used models internationally through which distributors and supermarkets qualify their own-brand product suppliers, ensuring that they comply with certain requirements that guarantee the safety, quality and legality of their food products.
The focus of the new edition 9 continues to be to guide audits towards verifying the application of good manufacturing practices. The vast majority of requirements have not been substantially modified with minor modifications being made to the wording to clarify different aspects.
Some of the most relevant changes in the new version 9 are: the requirements of the food safety culture have been reviewed, the drafting of the requirements on HACCP, subcontracting, equipment, the content of the BRCGS working group statement on the additional requirements for sites which undertake animal primary conversion has been incorporated and the requirements of the standard have been colour coded. Furthermore, mandatory use of the unannounced audit option once every three years has been included within the announced audit modality, as well as an announced mixed audit option to incorporate remote evaluation into the auditing process.
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Benefits:
This certification is designed for food-related and non-food-related packaging manufacturers. like those used for cosmetics and toiletry/perfumery items or for packaging baby items.
This protocol applies to ompanies that store and distribute food products and non-food products.
This Protocol applies to companies that participate as brokers, agents or suppliers of services, importers and exporters within the food chain. Private Protocol Certification British Retail Consortium (BRC).
Companies in the food sector need to be equipped with the systems necessary to identify and monitor hazards that can affect the safety of foodstuffs via a system of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) with a firm commitment to food safety by the management team of the company. AENOR offers the possibility of immediately obtaining, together with the BRCGS Food, BRCGS Packaging or BRCGS Storage & Distribution, the certificates of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and/or GMP based on the Codex Alimentarius. Find out how obtain the certificates.
If you are also an exporter of agri-food products, you must know the Food Safety Modernization Act 2016 (FSMA), drawn up by the United States FDA, which seeks to improve food safety, particularly in foodstuffs imported from third countries. This law establishes the requirements for the export of agri-food products destined for the United States, while also facilitating companies' consolidation in the American market.
The trend in increasing consumption of vegan and vegetarian products and the increase in demand for these products and their manufacturers have required certifications in relation to this type of product. Brand owners want to build confidence and improve transparency on the declarations made and ensure that solid systems are in place to reduce cross-contamination, which leads to the demand for a specific certification, through this module, that is compatible not only with a BRCGS Food audit but also with any other standard approved by GFSI and with the Global Markets Programme (intermediate level).
The Plant Based certification programme includes a comprehensive management system approach and provides a framework for manufacturers to help them produce food based on ingredients of plant origin. It includes the operational criteria necessary to ensure that these products are animal-origin free.
It is addressed to companies supplying any agro-food product, under their own brand, in stages subsequent to primary production.
Because of the structure of the scheme and the significant overlap with food safety requirements, it is easily integrated with the certification of the IFS Protocol (International Food Standard) and of the standard UNE IN-ISO 22000 (Food safety management systems) and the FSSC 22000 certification allow for the possibility of integrating the systems and optimising the processes with the resulting reduction in audit duration and costs.
It can also be carried out together with the ISO 9001 (Quality management systems).
Once the Audit process has been completed, if the implemented system meets the protocol's requirements, the organisation obtains:
AENOR is recognised by distribution chains, having issued hundreds of BRCGS certificates. AENOR posee la acreditación ISO/IEC 17065:2012 de ENAC para los Protocolos BRCGS, según se indica en el anexo técnico de la web de ENAC, excepto BRCGS Consumer Products.
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