| | British Retail Consortium |  | BRC Global Standard - Food
Product information
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Significance
A major portion of all foodstuffs sold in Great Britain
is retail branded. According to the Food Safety Act
of 1990, retailers are required to take all precautionary
measures that are necessary, and to apply
due diligence in preventing errors in research and
development, distribution, advertisement, and when
selling food products to consumers.
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) developed the
Global Standard-Food, which governs the “due diligence
defence“ of British Food Law. It also provides
the basis for the evaluation of retail brand manufacturers,
who have to demonstrate fulfillment of the
standard’s requirements.
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BRC – for whom?
The standard is designed for all food business operators,
regardless of their size or complexity. The
requirements, however, mainly focus on organizations
that either produce retailer branded products,
or that supply products to Great Britain and have
been requested by the local retail chains to provide
that kind of evidence.
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Benefits
- Improved confidence among retailers and buyers
in the safety, quality, and legality of the product
- Increased product safety and less risk of product
liability
- Safe and efficient process flows in the interest
of food safety, in order to quickly identify and
control risks in respect of hygiene, quality, and
health hazards for consumers, and to specify
effective preventive measures
- Access to the British food market
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Certification work flow
What is specific to the BRC Global Standard-Food
is a preliminary classification into categories A, B or
C at the end of the assessment. The organization
receives an action plan that includes the non-conformities.
The organization’s responsible individuals
need to remove all non-conformities within 28 days
and demonstrate the status achieved to the auditor.
Only then will a decision be made on the success
of the certification. Finally, the organization receives
the report with the final classification and their certificate.
Synergies can be realized when assessing an integrated
management system according to various
standards at the same time.
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