Global Standard British Retail

Consortium (BRC)

Tuesday, 4th October 2011

By,
Gabriel MAROT, Naim KHALID, Pragash RAMADOSS

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 Contents
1. History
2. Objectives; reasons for setting up
3. Fundamental requirements
4. Focus on five requirements
5. Audit practice
1. certification
2. Grading
3. Report
4. Enrolement

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 1. History of BRC
Created in 1998 by several British retailers
So as to strengthen food safety in companies producing
private labels
The key element for this creation is the English crisis: BSE:
loss of confidence in the law
This standard is compulsory for companies who produce
English private labels products

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 2. Objectives of BRC
1. Confidence
14000 CERTIFIED SUPPLIERS
90 BRC RERTIFICATION BODIES
USED OVER 100 COUNTRIES

2. Collaboration and continuous improvement data on internet

3. Credibility- GFSI
4. Consistency training for certification
5. Comptence monitoring tools
6. Cost effective less cost, no hidden costs

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 3. Fundamental requirenments
1. Senior management commitment and continual improvement,
Clause 1.1
2. The food safety plan HACCP, Clause 2
3. Internal audits, Clause 3.4
4. Corrective action, Clause 3.7
5. Traceability, Clause 3.9
6. Layout, product flow and segregation, Clause 4.3
7. Housekeeping and hygiene, Clause 4.11
8. Management of allergens, Clause 5.2
9. Control of operations, Clause 6.1
10. Training, Clause 7.1.

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 5. BRC Audit
Company chose itself a certification body accredited
Duration: 2 days / Cost: 3000 / once a year
4 types of Non conformities:
Fundamental
Critical
Major
Minor
Grading system so as to be certified

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 Color code for audit

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 Grading system

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 Audit report
It is written any lanugaue
The audit report must assist the reader to be informed of:
1. the food safety controls in place and improvements since the last audit
2. best practice systems, procedures, equipment or fabrication in place
3. non-conformities, the corrective action taken and plans to correct the root
cause

Reports shall be prepared and dispatched to the company within 42

Later on uploading on internet BRC website
Audit report shall be kept for five years by the Certification Body.

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 Certification process: third party
certification

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 Enrolment
BRC directory
Certification board
Certified (yes or no)
If no- continual development and encouragement

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