BRCGS has developed this module in partnership with tms/HAVI. The aim of the module is to expand the scope of the audit against BRCGS Global Standard Packaging Materials (Issue 7) to meet Module 11 Meeting tms Global Quality Standard Requirements. The module enables tms/HAVI supplier partners to demonstrate compliance with tms specific requirements.

​The module applies to all supplier partners who manufacture and/or supply packaging and packaging materials to tms/HAVI on behalf of its customers. It is also intended to apply to:​

•     - prior operations (e.g., manufacture of packaging materials for conversion or printing)
•     - operations that supply packaging material from stock where additional product processing or repacking occurs.  This has been demonstrated to require the same level of control as a final/integrated converting operation
•     - packaging manufacturers that also produce consumer-disposable goods that come into contact with food (e.g., paper plates and disposable plastic drinking cups, aluminium foil, food-grade parchment paper, cling film and disposable cutlery)
•     - the manufacture and supply of other materials that are unconverted or semi-converted and used or incorporated (e.g., coatings and adhesives), where this is based on a risk analysis and agreed by those involved.

​Module 11 does not apply to packaging or materials that do not undergo any process at the supplier partner audited, nor to activities relating to wholesale, importation, distribution or storage outside the direct control of the company​

It is a requirement that all suppliers undergoing a BRCGS audit to the Global Standard Packaging Materials have access to an official copy of the Standard. Companies must comply with all modules to achieve certification.

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