Dec 8th, 2021
3 mins
Over the last few months, BRC have been reviewing and revising the Global Standard for Food Safety.
To put into context how widely recognised this standard is, it is now used by 30,000 sites in 130 countries and accepted by 70% of the top 10 global retailers, 60% of the top 10 quick-service restaurants, and 50% of the top 25 manufacturers.
Comments have been gathered from national and international stakeholders representing food manufacturers, Regulators, retailers, food service companies, brand owners, certification bodies and independent technical experts. This has allowed a working group to produce a draft standard which is now open for public comment.
The review of the standard aims to ensure that it reflects the very latest industry trends and operations, practical experiences, and best practices from the industry. It also allows the changing expectations, regulatory requirements and consumer needs to be taken into consideration.
You can download the draft standard here Download Draft Standard
Along with a comment template here Download Comments Template
Stakeholders are encouraged to consider the draft and provide feedback on both the proposed requirements and the audit protocol, by email, to enquiries@brcgs.com using the comments template provided.
The closing date for submission of feedback is 12th January 2022.
As with all revisions of the Global Standards, there must be a transition period between consultation, publication of the complete, finalised Standard and full implementation of the Standard. Therefore:
Issue 9 will be published in August 2022
Certification against Issue 9 will commence in audits from 1 February 2023
