Retailers
and their suppliers of retail branded product
must take all the reasonable precaution and exercise
all due diligence in the development, manufacture,
distribution, advertising or sale of food product
to the consumer. Suppliers of packaging material
to food manufacturers providing retailer branded
products, have an obligation to put appropriate
systems and controls in place to ensure the suitability
of their packaging is safe for food use.
What
is BRC/IOP?
The
British retail consortium and the institute of packaging
have developed a technical standard to assist retailers
and food manufacturers in the fulfillment of their legal
obligation. The standard will help in the protection
of the consumer by providing a common basis for the
audit of companies supplying packaging for food products
to retailers.
BRC/IOP standard for food packaging Companies is an
industry specific standard which is advisable to achieve
the sophisticated collection and analysis of data, including
data about the specifications and performance of materials,
suppliers and processes used for packaging.
Potential
Benefits
A
single standard and a protocol that allows an evaluation
by third party certification bodies.
The
standard is comprehensive in scope covering areas
of quality, hygiene, and product safety throughout
the packaging industry.
The
standard addresses part of the “due diligence”
requirement of the packaging industry
Packaging
manufacturers may also use the standard to ensure
their suppliers are following good hygiene practices
and complete the chain
Standard
Requirements
Adoption
of a formal hazard Analysis
A
documented technical Management System
The
control of factory standards, products, processes
and personnel
Salient
Features
Salient
Features of the Standard are as follow:
Perform
Hazard Analysis
Glass
& Brittle Plastic Policy
Equipment
and Plant cleaning schedules
Role
of investè
investè
shall ensure that the prerequisites are in place by way
of conducting a detailed GAP Analysis and eventually assisting
the clients in performing formal hazard analysis of its
production process considering microbiological, physical
and chemical contamination as well as critical packaging
defects critical to consumer safety.
Using the GAP Analysis investè shall identify and
assist in establishing infrastructural requirements to
fulfill requirement of factory standards and hygiene requirements.
investè shall begin to build and implement BRC/IOP
standard thereafter.
The
first things to do are:
Depending
on the size of the business investè shall assemble
the staff into a small team, with a leader to lead in
designing and implementation. investè then shall
design workshops at different levels to train the staff
and other workforce related to production and delivery.
investè using its training and development tools
including various presentations, case studies and specifically
designed workshops shall train the staff in following;
Standards
& Hygiene Requirements
Hygiene
code of Practic
investè shall help in describing
your product(s) and the intended use by consumers.
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