BRC issues 7th update to its global food manufacturing standards
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] Jan 7, 2015
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has published the seventh issue of its internationally recognised BRC Global Standard for Food Safety. Audits against Issue 7 will begin in July 2015. The BRC Global Standards is recognized as the benchmark for good manufacturing practices in food, packaging, storage and distribution, agents and brokers, and consumer products.
Certification enables customers to have confidence in their suppliers, and helps suppliers by allowing them to show they are maintaining high standards of safety, quality and legal compliance. Many US companies selling into Europe have undergone BRC certification, which is a lengthy process.
In the 7th revision, one new item is encouraging companies to increase their defenses against fraud. Obviously this is an issue in the horsemeat scandal in Britain, but it is also important in the US seafood industry, where suppliers are responsible for ensuring the origin and legality of their seafood, and fraud can include efforts to get IUU fish into the marketplace....
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