Prior to the publication of the relevant BRC Global Standards, packaging materials manufacturers and suppliers tried to meet the requirements of applicable regulations by conducting hygiene inspections at the facilities. Likewise, many retailers and food manufacturers have inspected these establishments and confirmed that the procedures there meet their requirements. However, all these studies were disconnected. In 2001, BRC and IoP jointly issued a technical standard to produce a document to support the legal requirements of both food manufacturers and retailers. With this standard, a common evaluation process for the enterprises that provide packaging for food products was defined and thus the protection of the consumer was ensured. It is obvious that the packaging industry has very different applications in terms of materials, processes and technologies used. As a professional representative of the industry, BRC has ensured that the requirements of this standard are practically applicable in the industry.
BRC Benefits:
Implementation of the BRC / IoP standard can provide many benefits, including:
- An accredited 3. to be evaluated and certified by the party certification body provides a certain privilege within the sector.
- Common measurement and evaluation criteria that apply to both manufacturers and suppliers help food retailers and other organizations in the supply chain to evaluate.
- Standard; quality, hygiene and product safety.
- Certified by following the audits and corrective actions, the company establishes a continuously developing and improving quality, hygiene and product safety system.
Quality management system
- Quality policy;
- Quality handbook;
- Organizational structure,
- Responsibilities and authority,
- Document control,
- Procedures,
- Records,
- Specifications,
- Internal investigation,
- Corrective Action,
- Traceability
- Product recall,
- Customer complaints,
- Supplier Evaluation
personel
- Employee hygiene,
- Health screening,
- Work clothes,
- Training:
Factory Infrastructure Standards
- Residential,
- Building environment,
- Floor plan / Product flow,
- Infrastructure,
- Equipment,
- Maintenance,
- Social facilities,
- Risk of physical and chemical contamination of the product,
- Cleaning and hygiene,
- Control of wastes,
- Pest control,
- Transport,
- Product Control,
- Product design and development,
- Product packaging,
- Product analysis,
- Storage Stock rotation,
- Metal / foreign matter screening,
- Product release,
- Control of unsuitable product
Process Control
- Temperature / Time control,
- Quality control,
- Device and process validity,
- Calibration,
- Product processing conditions
