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The BRCGS Global Standard Food Safety is the leading food safety certification programme. It is recognised by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) scheme, and the most widely accepted by specifiers, brands and retailers.

Manufacturers with BRCGS certification have many food safety benefits and have been shown to perform better than both non-certified sites, as well as those with other GFSI programmes. A clear point of difference between BRCGS Food Safety and other certification schemes is a compliance programme that provides control over the operational delivery of its certification programmes. This includes delivery partner performance management, and management of auditor competence based on exams and food safety training.

Independent research, carried out by the University of Birkbeck, demonstrates that organisations operating to BRCGS standards improve food safety, operational efficiency, commercial growth, improved profitability and broad-based innovation.

• Widely accepted and specified by many retailers, manufacturers, ingredients companies, food service organisations and raw material processors worldwide as part of their supplier approval process.

• Compliance with a GFSI-benchmarked standard that is covered by recognised accreditation

• Addresses consumer assurance demands and demonstrates the adoption of industry best practice by encouraging the development of a product safety culture

• Demonstrates regulatory compliance

• Reduces the cost of failure

• Enables continual improvement by enhancing root cause analysis and internal audit requirements, as well as the tools available within the BRCGS Service Package