Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging Materials Issue 3

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Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging
Materials Issue 3

• Geoff Spriegel
• Director of Global Standards and Technical
  Services

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Agenda

• Presentation of current status
• Discussion on how we can move forward together

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Current Status
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Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging
Materials Issue 3

• Published Jan 08, effective from 1st July 08
• Expanded scope to non-food packaging
• Categories A and B changed to 1,2 and 3
• Styling in-line with other Standards
• More emphasis on
• - Management Commitment
• - Hazard Risk Assessment
• - Product Design Development

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Packaging Categories

• 1. Direct contact with
• high risk products 79
• 2. High risk products with
• no direct contact 21
• 3. Lower risk products lt1

of certificated sites
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Translations

• Available
• German
• Italian
• French

• Planned
• Chinese

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Guidelines

• Best Practice Guidelines
• - Product Recall
• - Internal Audit
• - Traceability
• - Complaint Handling
• - Pest Control
• - Foreign Body Detection
• Website
• Examples of Packaging Category (1, 2 or 3)
  Determination

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Auditor Requirements (Appendix 3)
Need to be fulfilled prior to registration

• Education
• - Degree/diploma in Packaging AND Food hygiene
  certificate
• OR
• - Degree/Diploma in Food/Bioscience AND EQIPT
  qualification

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Auditor Requirements (Appendix 3)

• Work Experience
• - gt3 years relevant post graduate experience
• Qualifications
• - Lead Assessor
• - 2 day Hazard Analysis
• Audit Training
• - Supervised training including witness
  assessment
  and documented sign off
• - BRC Packaging Awareness course

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Auditor Requirements (Appendix 3)

• Continued Auditor Registration
• - Minimum 3 BRC Packaging Audits per year
• - Continued training and assessment

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EQIPT Qualification

• Why introduced?
• - Typically Food auditors extending into
  Packaging
• - Ensure have technical ability
• EQIPT Qualification
• - 3 day course
• - Followed (a few weeks later) by examination
  paper sat under examination conditions
• - Minimum 2 assignments (1500 word essays) need
  to be completed in chosen modules

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EQIPT Qualification

• Availability
• - Course in any country
• - Course in any language with translator
• - Exam in British consular offices
• - Exam in foreign language marked by approved
  language speaker where competence is
  demonstrated
• - Benchmarking of equivalent qualifications/
  experience
• Future Plans
• - course licensed to ATPs meeting
  pre-requisite competence

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Questions

• How do we establish emerging market needs in
  different countries and how do we exploit these.
  What information is available and what do we
  need, to answer this?
• Supplementary information will be provided in the
  presentation
• We invite your views on auditor requirements and
  challenges to their achievement?
• What are the current trends e.g. recycling,
  sustainability. How do we convert these trends to
  commercial benefit?

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Trend in Certification Figures
Country 2007 2008 increase Registered Auditors
United Kingdom 543 585 7.7 52
Germany 86 135 57.0 32
Netherlands 63 106 68.3 11
Switzerland 57 77 35.1 8
Italy 45 76 68.9 20
France 37 56 51.4 14
Ireland 31 34 9.7 1
Turkey 30 45 50.0 4
Spain 19 34 78.9 10
China 10 28 180.0 4
Poland 8 15 87.5 0
South Africa 6 6 0.0 0
Thailand 5 11 120.0 1
USA 5 7 40.0 2