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Anyone can apply for BRC membership. There are three types of membership offered \u2013 for Retailers, Associates and Retail Insight Subscribers. Membership gives you access to support and comes with tailored benefits. To find out more about the memberships offered, you can view their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n In February 2019, BRCGS unveiled a new identity as Brand Reputation through Compliance of Global Standards<\/strong>, as well as a new logo. This reflects how the BRCGS has evolved over the years and how it seeks to help manufacturers, brand owners and retailers maintain faith in their products. Assisted by the BRC, the industry moves to focus on traceability through our increasingly complex supply chains, as well as encouraging awareness and transparency in technological advancements. This focus assists all those who work in the supply chain in the ongoing fight against food fraud<\/a>.<\/p>\n The BRCGS was the first standard to be benchmarked by the Global Food Safety Initiative<\/a> (GFSI)\u00a0in its work to create standards in food safety around the world.<\/p>\n The BRCGS create and implement standards in a variety of sectors:<\/p>\n There are consultancy services available in the industry that will help you get all aspects of your business up to the standard needed to gain BRCGS certification. Indeed, the BRCGS offer training courses designed to help you understand what the standard requires, which could be a good starting point if you want to gain this certification.<\/p>\n At High Speed Training, the standard we are most commonly asked about is the Global Standard for Food Safety<\/strong> and what our customers can do to help their business meet its requirements. We provide a variety of training courses that can help with this such as HACCP<\/a>, Good Manufacturing Practice<\/a> and Food Allergens in Manufacturing<\/a>. They will give your employees the knowledge needed to operate at the highest standard in your workplace.<\/p>\n The BRCGS offer additional products and services through their bookshop, and through running events and conferences. They also run the BRCGS Academy<\/strong> which ensures auditors, certification bodies, sites and manufacturers can implement the standards correctly and uniformly around the world. BRCGS Participate<\/strong> is an online platform of resources and information and is available to all sites as part of the service fee, similarly, BRCGS Professional<\/strong> is available to those who work at BRCGS certificated sites and offers training to those interested in professional development.<\/p>\n Having BRCGS certification will give you increased confidence in your product and will help open up new market opportunities. You will get access to support, marketing tools, worldwide networks and be a member of a globally recognised scheme.<\/p>\n However, many food manufacturers don\u2019t need to have this level of certification. Usually, certification is led by the customers you have, and whether they request for you to have this standard. Many small or medium enterprises (SMEs) will start with a SALSA<\/a> (Safe and Local Supplier Approval) food safety certification scheme, as it is more manageable yet still demonstrates a commitment to maintaining standards.<\/p>\n At the end of 2019, SALSA and the BRCGS announced a partnership, aimed at micro, small and medium businesses who look to access international markets, or who aim to grow and develop their product safety and quality. Those businesses which have grown under SALSA can now transition to the new scheme, the BRCGS Start! Programme<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n The new scheme offers a clear and logical progression, supporting SME businesses in how to meet the requirements of a fully recognised GFSI benchmarked standard, in a way that acknowledges the achievements they\u2019ve made, and continues to support their future ambitions. If your business is moving towards full GFSI certification but you don\u2019t feel you have the resources to commit to the full program, Start! might be for you.<\/p>\n You don\u2019t need to be a member of the BRC to apply for BRCGS certification. However, you do need to know, understand and implement the standards, and pass the audit in order to gain certification. There are many different service providers and consultants who can help you achieve this and costs will vary depending on your needs.<\/p>\n Briefly, you will need to read the standard relevant to your business, and you may need to attend a BRCGS Product Safety Management training course. You will need to run a gap analysis<\/strong> on your business and create your team to deliver the standards required. Once you are happy your site can meet and maintain the BRCGS requirements (you can test this by carrying out internal audits), you are ready to choose a suitable certification body who will then come and audit the site.<\/p>\n Following the audit, you may need to carry out corrective actions, with relevant root cause analyses, and plan preventive actions. The certification body will provide the audit report and confirm whether the certification has been achieved. When you achieve certification, it will be uploaded onto the BRCGS Directory and you will gain access to content in BRCGS Participate and BRCGS Professional. The certification requires annual renewal, so you must be willing to commit to continual development of your food safety system, and arrange a new audit before the certification expires.<\/p>\n Each BRC Global Standard has its own requirements to meet. Use the dropdowns below to learn more about each one.<\/p>\n The Global Standard for Food Safety focuses on:<\/p>\n The Global Standard for Packaging Materials focuses on:<\/p>\n Both Global Standards for Consumer Products focus on:<\/p>\n The Global Standard for Agents and Brokers is aimed at:<\/p>\n The Global Standard for Storage and Distribution focuses on:<\/p>\n The Global Standard for Retail is aimed at:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In short, yes you can. One of the main objectives from the Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 8 is for businesses to show senior management commitment and the development of a culture of product safety.<\/strong> One way to do this is to implement a cultural developement plan using staff training and staff development. Studies show that when staff understand the impact they have on the company’s ability to meet the objective for safe and quality products, they feel more engaged in the workplace.<\/p>\n Furthermore, sections of the Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 8 require evidence of staff training. For example, for the HACCP food safety team the BRC auditor will request to see documented evidence of the training staff receive to give them the required knowledge. Our HACCP training courses<\/a> will provide this, and it would be beneficial to download and keep a record of the training content.<\/p>\n You can also use our free downloadable resources to put up in your workplace – posters, information sheets and templates are an incredibly useful tool to help staff engage with food safety procedures. Visual reminders give timely reminders to all staff and can further demonstrate the company commitment to maintaining standards. 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\nWhat is the BRCGS?<\/h2>\n
What do the BRCGS do?<\/h3>\n
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\nWhat Are The Global Standard Requirements?<\/h2>\n
The Global Standard for Food Safety
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The Global Standard for Packaging Materials
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The Global Standards for Consumer Products
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The Global Standard for Agents and Brokers
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The Global Standard for Storage and Distribution
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The Global Standard for Retail
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\nCan I Show My High Speed Training Certificate in a BRC Audit?<\/h2>\n