Remote Internal audits and independent review by our food safety consultants
The current lockdown on us all, imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, has meant that some food businesses are short staffed and may be concentrating on other priorities, namely keeping…
The first audits against Issue 8 of the BRC Global Standards Global Food Safety Standard
Congratulations to Stephens Fresh Foods in Kent, for achieving a Grade A after their first audit against the new BRC Global Standards Global Food Safety Standard Issue 8! Stephens Fresh…
BRC Global Standards Issue 6 Guidance – Part 6 – Site Standards
This time around we look at some of the major changes to the Site Standards Section. This change was driven by the need to ensure that certification bodies spend more…
BRC Global Standards Issue 6 Guidance – Part 5 – Auditing & Corrective Actions
Last time we looked at the requirements for HACCP within Issue 6 of the BRC Global Standards Global Standard for Food Safety. In these notes we begin to look at…
Banoffee tart box. New York Cheesecake inside.
I guess it’s no wonder that extremely stringent packaging check procedures are demanded by Issue 6 of the BRC Global Standards Global Food Standard when you read this article from the…
China gets tough on food safety
Some may say that, at last, and after the recent incidents that have damaged its food industry’s reputation with food incidents such as the melamine in powdered milk debacle, China…
BRC Global Standards Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 6
Issue 6 is now published and audits will commence from January 2012. The emphasis has shifted somewhat from the emphasis in Issue 5 to audit paperwork (systems and procedures) to…
A Guide to the BRC Global Standards
For those who would like to learn a little of what the BRC Global Standards (British Retail Consortium) Global Food Safety Standard is all about….. It was the first technical…
We are delighted to announce that we achieved certification to the new ISO 9001 2008 standard and are thus now certificated to ISO 9001:2008