Quality and food safety are of crucial importance for you as a broker, importer or trader involved with food products or food packaging materials. Purchasers of your products require you to offer guarantees of your firm commitment to quality and (food) safety. Are you able to provide these guarantees and are they accepted worldwide? Is this confirmed by an independent third party?
As part of the audit trail for BRC Agents and Brokers, the Vinçotte auditor is required to assess your company's ability to meet the conditions specified in the BRC Agents and Brokers standard. Under this heading, an examination is made of the quality system and HACCP system, along with your ability in practice to deliver products that live up to your customer's expectations in terms of hygiene and suitable manufacturing practices.
General regulatory legislation EU/178/2002
Food hygiene EU/852/2004
Hygiene of food of animal origin EU/853/2004
Microbiological criteria EU/2073/2005
Consumer information EU/1169/2011
Contact materials EU/1935/2004
BRC Agents and Brokers is intended for brokers, importers and trade agents to ensure they apply suitable non-product-specific measures to guarantee food safety.
BRC has specific standards for companies processing food products (BRC Food), manufacturing packaging (BRC IoP) and for logistics centres (BRC Storage and Distribution).
Certification according to the BRC Agents and Brokers standard may be combined with another certification, such as certification according to the IFS Broker standard, the ISO 22000 standard or according to the Self-Appraisal guides
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