BRC Global Standards

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• BRC Global Standards
• The worldwide Standards of choice

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BRC and the GFSI

• Now in its fifth edition, the BRC Global Standard
  was the first Standard to be approved by the
  Global Food Safety Initiative
• (GFSI)

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What is the BRC?

• The BRC is the leading Trade Association
  representing UK and International Retailers.

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What is the BRC Global Standard scheme?

• A market leading, third party certification
  scheme that specifies safety and quality criteria
  for the manufacture, packaging and storage and
  distribution of food and non-food products

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What are the BRC Global Standards for?

• Certification to a BRC Global Standard verifies
  technical performance, aids manufacturers
  fulfilment of legal obligations and helps provide
  protection to consumers and retailers

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The BRC Technical Services Team
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What is third party certification?

• An independent review by the certification body
  of the operation of control systems via audit
• The audit is systematic, gathering evidence to
  objectively determine whether criteria detailed
  in the Global Standard have been met
• A certificate provides a measure by which
  manufacturers can demonstrate compliance with the
  Global Standard

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The Certification Process
National Accreditation Body
Approves
Certification Body
BRC Standard
Audits
Suppliers
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Worldwide certification over 12,000 suppliers
Supplier certifications by country top ten
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Global coverage of Certification Bodies

• 110 Certification Bodies approved by the BRC
• Operating from 300 offices in 73 countries

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5 great reasons to choose BRC Certification
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Confidence

• Developed and driven by UK and international
  retailers
• Rigorous and detailed
• Tried and trusted
• Database of BRC certificated suppliers
• Global - 90 countries
• Widely used by Food Businesses throughout the
  supply chain

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Credibility

• 10th anniversary
• First Standard in the world to be approved by
  GFSI
• Original GFSI benchmark document based on BRC
  Food Standard
• Supported by expert International Technical
  Committees

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Consistency

• Global training infrastructure
• 80 Approved Training Providers
• Highly skilled, multi-lingual team
• Tried and tested BRC learning content
• Standardized audit reports
• 17 translations

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Competence

• Robust performance monitoring assessment tools
  for certification bodies
• Established and transparent complaints procedure
• Rigorous requirements for the competence,
  qualifications and experience of auditors
• Auditors registered on central database

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Cost

• Easy to follow process
• Frequency of audit based on performance
• Cost effective certification
• Standard 54 (after discount)
• Training (advised not compulsory)
• Audit (cost agreed with Certification Body)
• Administration fee 150 p.a.

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• 6 steps to certification

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1. Getting started

• Obtain a copy of the BRC Global Standard from
• www.brcbookshop.com
• 70 Discount

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2. Select a BRC approved Certification Body

• AIB
• NSF
• SAI Global / QMI
• SGS
• www.brcglobalstandards.com

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3. Attend an approved BRC Training Courses

• Courses available
• How to implement the BRC Global Standard
• Third Party Auditor Training
• Third Party Auditor Update
• Internal Auditor
• HACCP Principles
• www.brctraining.com

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4. Self Assessment

• Carry out a Gap Analysis

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5. Corrective Actions

• Complete the audit

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6. Gain registration to the BRC Global Standards
Directory

• A global database of BRC certificated suppliers
  developed to provide information to users and to
  improve the management of the Global Standards
  scheme, adding value for all stakeholders

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Retailer benefits

• 24/7 interactive database of suppliers
• Immediate access to audit data for own suppliers
• Reports on own suppliers performance
• Performance monitoring of CBs
• Notification of activity

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Supplier benefits

• Increased confidence of retailers and other users
• Global exposure for brands and products
• Use of BRC Global Standards logo
• Discounted training courses and publications
• Additional supplier benefits and services
• Online Newsletter

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BRC activity in the USA

• USA fact finding visit completed
• Supplier briefings May/June
• Working with strategic partners
• Local presence to develop BRC Global Standards in
  America
• Develop US Technical Committee
• Marketing Communications plan - April

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BRC Global Standards

• BRC Global Standards
• The worldwide Standards of choice
• First Standard to be approved by GFSI