Are you looking at getting assistance with your food safety system? Wanting to move towards accreditation but don’t want to go it alone? Restricted by cash flow, would project funding help? Funding through The Manufacturing Growth Programme may be the answer your looking for. Improvement grants are now available to help fund consultation services like… More >>>
BRC Global Standards, Salsa Food Standards amongst others require annual product recalls tests to be completed. How do you do this… Warn a friendly customer who wouldn’t panic when seeing an email subject bar with the word ‘Product Recall’. Email them details about a made-up problem about a recent delivery Ask them to respond reporting… More >>>
Our client, Povey’s Oatcakes, achieved a grade A* in their unannounced BRC audit this year. Despite being a micro business, BRC accreditation was demanded by amongst others, Waitrose and Aldi as an entry to business. Alex, owner of Povey’s Oatcakes based in Staffordshire., found us through Google and Brian became part of their food safety… More >>>
Advice and support is often sort either at the set-up stage, dealing with EHO registration, significant product developments or when attaining a food safety standard such as Salsa or BRC. The benefit of using outside support is: Provide a clear direction on the detail of the systems that are needed for… More >>>
Below are key factors in going back to basics to ensure your HACCP plan has the maximum impact on your Food Safety systems. A HACCP plan (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) is a Food Safety Management System that identifies, evaluates and controls food safety hazards. As stated in Article 5 of Regulations (EC) 852/2004… More >>>
In the UK, it is estimated that 1-2% of adults and 5-8% of children have a food allergy. This equates to around 2 million people living in the UK with a food allergy, this figure does not include those with food intolerances. This means the actual number of affected people living with food allergy and/or… More >>>
The new BRC and Salsa accreditation standards have updates or new section concerning Food Security and Food Defence. This is an interesting article that clearly illustrates the big impact that malicious damage to food can cause to an industry. http://bit.ly/2PHuLrN Food Security is an important feature of food safety standards. The BRC Global Food standard… More >>>
Achieving Grade A in BRC Accreditation Congratulations to Povey’s Oatcakes recently passing their BRC Audits with flying colours. Povey’s achievement is extra special. The audit was unannounced!!! . Alex, owner of Povey’s Oatcakes based in Staffordshire., found us through Google and Brian became part of their food safety team assisting them through the steps of… More >>>
If you’re looking for BRC Accreditation Food Safety times have now changed…… Now is the time to act. Issue 8 of the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety came out last month. First Audits will be conducted against this from 1st February 2019. There are many changes for you to take on board. Including, the… More >>>
NEW BRC accreditation standard for the food industry Not to quote Bob Dylan, but times are a changin…..with the world continuously evolving standards need to be kept up to date and relevant. New methods are continuously brought in, new issues arise, therefore BRC have put a group of experts together to update the BRC accreditation… More >>>
