The BRCGS Global Standard for Food and Distribution covers all of the activities that can affect the safety, quality, and legality of food, packaging and consumer products during storage and distribution processes. This includes activities provided by contracted storage and distribution services.
The structure of this standard allows an organization to meet core risk-based requirements with the option to add on modules that address your specific business activities. There are eight core requirements for this standard:
The following voluntary modules may be added for a range of wholesale activities and contracted services.
Who should use BRCGS storage and distribution standard?
The standard was created to support the needs of service providers for the storage and distribution of food and consumer goods. This includes organizations that:
Achievable
The BRCGS standard for food safety takes a common sense, risk-based approach, providing organizations with a clear path towards achieving certification. Over 25,000 sites in more than 130 different countries have risen to the challenge of industry best practice food safety certification.
Supported by customers
Many retailers, food service companies and major food manufacturers around the world support the BRCGS Global Standard for Storage and Distribution as a core food safety standard and accept certification to this standard as a pre-requisite to their supplier approval process.
Appropriate
Developed by industry experts, the standard incorporates quality management systems and internationally accepted best practices to ensure the safety and quality of products during storage and distribution. It also features multiple optional modules to support flexibility for your business.
Cost effective
Widely accepted certification reduces the need and expense of duplicate audits. Audits are completed by local BRCGS trained and approved auditors to enable an internationally accepted Standard to be audited at local rates.
