Elevate Your Business Reputation with BRCGS Certification
By obtaining the BRCGS Agents and Brokers certification, you demonstrate your commitment to safety, compliance with regulations, and best practices in the supply chain, ensuring the integrity of products and protecting the end consumer.
Is the BRCGS Agents and Brokers Certification suitable for my business?
The BRC Agents and Brokers certification specifically applies to companies or individuals that act as intermediaries in the food supply chain, facilitating the buying and selling of food products without physically handling or processing them. For example:
Agents
Companies that trade between a manufacturer or broker and their customers, but do not own or take title to the goods.
Brokers
Companies that purchase or ‘take title to’ products for resale to manufacturers, other brokers or retailers of food service companies, but not directly to the consumer.
Importers/Exporters
Companies that facilitate the movement of products across national boundaries, satisfying legal and customs requirements.
Benefits of a BRCGS Agents and Brokers Certification?
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BRCGS certifications are globally recognised - Protect your brand’s reputation - showcase robust product safety system
- Helps create new business opportunities
- Helps build customer trust - demonstrates to customers that you are taking the necessary steps to ensure the quality of the product
- Helps you meet third-party safety standards - many wholesalers and retailers now require suppliers to attain a third-party safety certification such as BRCGS
- Developed by industry professionals
What Does the BRCGS Agents and Brokers Standard Cover?
The procedures within this standard look to ensure product safety, quality and legality.
Management and commitment
The support of senior management is a crucial element in securing successful BRC certification. Sufficient resources, effective communication, system reviews and opportunities for improvement will be required.
Hazard and risk assessment
A hazard and risk analysis must be documented, fully implemented and maintained in compliance with HACCP.
Product safety and quality management system
Establish requirements for document control, internal auditing, control of non-conforming products and the management of incidents and product recalls.
Supplier and subcontracted service management
This section looks to ensure that products and services are only sources from approved manufactures with a traceable supply chain.
Personnel
Establish the level of the standard needed to ensure employees are adequately trained to carry out their duties.
Consultancy Services: How we can help your business
1. Gap analysis
To assess the exciting level of compliance and gauge the scope of the work needed to obtain BRCGS certification. Including
- What food safety systems are currently in place
- How current systems compare to requirements of the standard
- Paperwork systems such as traceability and inspection of associated records
- Personnel requirements
2. Audits
Provide a plan of action including costs and timelines to implement changes highlighted in the gap analysis. As there are no site standards with BRCGS Agents and Brokers, audits can be carried out onsite or remotely depending on your preference.
3. Implementation
Carry out necessary changes to meet BRCGS standards such as create personalised safety documents and procedures, carry our staff training on new procedures
4. Ongoing support
a. Help selecting an examining body
b. help represent you on audit day (if desired)
c. Schedule ongoing internal audits to to help main certification standards
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