BRCGS sites certificated to one of four BRCGS Standards - Agents and Brokers, Food Safety, Packaging Materials or Storage and Distribution have exclusive access to the Participate platform. Participate provides you with access to a wealth of free technical information and guidance, and is a great resource to help you get the full value from our Standards and further improve your business.

New content added to Participate in the last month:

 

Procedure for Blended Audits - remote auditing using ICT
Position statement: BRCGS080
Outlines the process for the option of blended audits, how to conduct the audit and the activities covered by each area. Update version 5.

 

Global Standard Packaging Materials (Issue 7)
Standard
Issue 7 of the Standard in English, Italian and Chinese. Spanish will be published during November.

Guide to Key Changes
This publication introduces Issue 7 of the Standard and acts as a guide to the changes made and the reasons for them. The document covers all key changes to the requirements and will be a useful reference for companies needing to update their quality systems in preparation for an audit against Issue 7.

Site Self-Assessment Tool
This document covers the mandatory requirements outlined in the Standard. It  should be used as a checklist to assess a site's compliance against the requirements and can be used when preparing for an audit. This is the English version.

 

Global Standard Gluten-Free (Issue 4)
Auditor checklist and site assessment tool
To help sites assess operations against the requirements of the Standard in preparation for an audit. Spanish translation.

Remote Certification during extraordinary event restrictions
Position Statement BRCGS086
This document outlines the process for remote certification during restrictions such as pandemics. It is applicable to BRCGS standards for Food Safety, Packaging, Storage and Distribution, Consumer Products and Gluten-Free. It may be applied to all relevant audits. This is version 7 and replaces the previous version.