BRCGS Audits

We audit sites worldwide against internationally recognised food safety standards

How to get BRCGS Food certified?

BRCGS performs performance reviews of its certification bodies every 6 months.  Strict rules are laid down which detail the responsibilities of the certification body and auditors.

During these performance reviews, five key areas are reviewed:

• Quality of written audit reports
• Compliance to protocols
• Auditor registration and compliance training, experience and competence requirements
• Timeliness of audit data uploaded to the BRCGS Directory
• Communication with the BRCGS compliance team

By achieving BRCGS Certification, your company will benefit from:

• Satisfying the HACCP requirement of your retailer and food service customers
• Ensure compliance to legal obligations
• Enhanced food safety and management systems
• Increased consumer confidence in your products
• Boost your brand and corporate image
• Expanded presence in the market to new and prospective clients

BRCGS Food Safety issue 9 has been published

Considering changes in the GFSI benchmarking criteria and in food legislation, the certification scheme BRCG Food Safety will be updated from Issue 8 to Issue 9. The development of the new version was launched in June 2021 and the final version published in August 2022.

Issue 9 came into effect on 1st February 2023 with the following key changes:

• Alignment with GFSI benchmarking criterias
• Alignment with new legislation
• Focus on the most common non-conformances related to fabrication and hygiene (in section 4), food safety culture (requirement1.1.2), identification of hazards (requirement 2.7.1)
• More clarifications on the requirements related to Food Safety culture, supplier approval, environmental monitoring, business continuity plans, authenticity, security and defense
• Reintroduction of the 2-part audit for unannounced audits
• Changes to the audit window and number of black-out days for sites on the Voluntary unannounced scheme

All food sites currently certificated to Issue 8 of the BRCGS Food standard will have their next audit against BRCGS Issue 9, if their audit window falls after this date.
A summary document of key changes is attached for your reference: https://www.brcgs.com/media/2170951/fsi9_keychanges-sample.pdf.

Check our flyer with upcoming changes in the new version 9 for BRCGS Food.

We also certify the following standards:

• • BRCGS Packaging & Packaging Materials
  • BRCGS Agents & Brokers
  • BRCGS Storage and Distribution

For a quote please contact  foodassurance@eurofins.co.uk or click here to submit your company details.