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What is BRC-IOP Certification?

The BRC (British Retail Consortium) Global Standards are specification developed by British Retail Consortium in response to the needs of UK members of the consortium. The BRC Global Standards are used by suppliers and global retailers. BRC standards specify requirements for standardization of quality, safety, operational criteria and manufacturers’ fulfillment of legal obligations. They also help provide protection to the consumer.

The BRC standard is recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), which aims to harmonize international food safety standards with the help of the world’s top retailers and food manufacturers. The BRC Global Standards are a group of four industry-leading Technical Standards that specify requirements to be met by an organization to enable the production, packaging, storage and distribution of safe food and consumer products.

BRC/IOP Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging Materials

Every organization involved in food packaging materials – including packaging manufacturers, retailers and packer/fillers – has a legal obligation to comply with the BRC IOP food packaging standard.

The Standard is designed to help packaging manufacturers and converters to implement good manufacturing practices and quality management systems to develop and manufacture safe, legal packaging materials meeting their customer’s quality requirements.

The Standard requires:

Implementation of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
A documented and effective quality management system
The control of factory environment standards, products, processes and personnel

BRC-IOP certification—the Standard is applicable to the manufacturer of packaging and packaging materials used in food packaging and filling operations and to packaging and packaging materials for cosmetics, toiletries and other consumer products and materials.

The packaging industry is divided into specific product technologies such as

Glass
Paper and Board
Metals - cans and foil products
Plastics
Wood and other materials.

The Standard recognizes two levels of hygiene risk depending on the end use of the packaging materials for instance direct food contact is the highest level and will fall into the high hygiene risk category, while non-food packaging will fall into the low hygiene risk category. The requirements of the standard are listed separately depending upon the level.

BRC-IOP Requirements

The standard demands:

Senior management commitment,
Hazard and risk analysis,
Internal audits,
Specifications,
Traceability,
Housekeeping and cleaning,
Process control,
Training and competence,

BRC-IOP Documentation & Other Requirements

The BRC – IOP documentation shall include:

Food safety policy and related objectives,
Food safety manual & HACCP Plan,
Pre-requisite programs
Documented procedures & work instructions,
Documents and records needed for effective implementation of processes.

There are a number of benefits arising from the BRC-IOP certification, which include:

Providing a single audit report that is recognized by many customers in place of their own audits' saving time and cost
Operating under an accreditation framework that ensures the results of certification have international credibility and recognition
A comprehensive scope, covering areas of quality, hygiene and product safety, that meets most customer requirements when assessing and approving suppliers

Providing a framework for the development of quality and hygiene management systems in companies that encourages continuous improvement, reduction in waste and increased efficiency
Addressing part of the legislative requirements of the packaging manufacturer/supplier, packer/filler and retailer; packaging manufacturers may also use this Standard to ensure their suppliers are following good manufacturing practices and are fulfilling legal requirements
Certificated sites making use of the marketing opportunities provided, through recognition on the public BRC Global Standards Directory website and use of the BRC logo.

BRC-IOP Certification clients

BRC-IOP Training

We offer a customized BRC-IOP training program for organisation.

BRC Awareness Training

Implementation and documentation requirements

BRC Internal Auditor Training

Educate & train personnel to perform internal audit.

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Team 4C has certified IQA BRC-IOP auditors for Consulting Services and BRC-IOP training having 15+ years of experience
40+ BRC-IOP Certifications in 12+ different sectors of Food Packaging Industry
800+ Food Safety, Hazard Analysis (HACCP) Documentation prepared
8000+ Hours food safety training and 20000+ Hours Consulting
100+ Consulting for Greenfield Food project from Plant commission to Operation successfully implemented
Worked with more than 50 International & National Certification Bodies
Hands on experience of Team 4C in BRC-IOP training and implementing other Food safety management tools such as HACCP, FSSC, BRC food/IOP, AIB, IFS, Fami-Qs would help to gain early benefits

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