BRCGS Food Safety assesses product safety and quality practices at a food manufacturing site. Issue 9 must be read with the applicable position statements, including those effective from 10 August 2026. A packaging plant or farm does not automatically belong to the same scope.
Discuss your scopeBRCGS Food Safety assesses product safety and quality practices at a food manufacturing site. Issue 9 must be read with the applicable position statements, including those effective from 10 August 2026. A packaging plant or farm does not automatically belong to the same scope.
For an initial Food Safety discussion, send a site brief showing legal entity, address, food groups, processing steps, shifts and outsourced work. Add the customer’s requested scope, current audit history and available production evidence. Mark unresolved scope questions so a quotation is not mistaken for approval of the application.
Assign a site contact to confirm the brief and collect representative batch records. The preparation team compares hygiene, hazards, allergens and traceability with actual production; the approved body confirms its scope and audit arrangements. Record which gaps need operating evidence before progressing, rather than promising a certificate from a completed questionnaire.
In a hypothetical application, a producer introduces an allergen-free claim on a line also handling milk. Describe the claim and shared line together when defining scope. Follow one example batch through production sequence, changeover cleaning, verification and label approval instead of attaching only a cleaning instruction. If results do not support the claim, record the preparation gap and its owner rather than present the product as compliant.
Separate immediate correction, cause analysis and action preventing recurrence. Later production records should show whether the action works. Review new products, lines and supplier changes for their effect on scope and hazards; continuing certification follows official rules and the certification body’s programme.
The business prepares its own process controls and authentic operating records. A request to QRS must identify the activity and proposed assessment programme; acceptance requires confirmation of applicable scope, authority and conflicts of interest. QRS’s published impartiality policy excludes management-system consultancy and consultancy-like implementation guidance. For a scope discussion with QRS, share activities, addresses, products and customer requirements. Verify the selected scheme’s body approval and scope in the official register. Preparation, independent assessment and the certification decision are separate stages.
BRCGS Food Safety assesses product safety and quality practices at a food manufacturing site. Issue 9 must be read with the applicable position statements, including those effective from 10 August 2026. A packaging plant or farm does not automatically belong to the same scope.
For an initial Food Safety discussion, send a site brief showing legal entity, address, food groups, processing steps, shifts and outsourced work. Add the customer’s requested scope, current audit history and available production evidence. Mark unresolved scope questions so a quotation is not mistaken for approval of the application.
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Describe your food operation, sites, products and requested programme. The request must be reviewed for scope, authority and conflicts before any assessment is accepted; it is not an offer to design or implement your management system.
The business prepares its own process controls and authentic operating records. A request to QRS must identify the activity and proposed assessment programme; acceptance requires confirmation of applicable scope, authority and conflicts of interest. QRS’s published impartiality policy excludes management-system consultancy and consultancy-like implementation guidance. For a scope discussion with QRS, share activities, addresses, products and customer requirements. Verify the selected scheme’s body approval and scope in the official register. Preparation, independent assessment and the certification decision are separate stages.
