BRCGS Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging Materials
The BRCGS Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging Materials helps packaging organizations provide safe and suitable packaging and packaging materials to the appropriate hygiene standard for food as well as for non-food applications.
By using a hazard and risk-based approach that addresses site hygiene standards, printed packaging controls, product inspection and the control of foreign bodies, certified organizations and their customers can be confident that their packaging is fit for purpose and will not be a potential contamination risk. The six core requirements cover:
- senior management commitment
- hazard and risk management
- product safety and quality management
- site standards
- product and process control
- personnel
The requirements are specially focused on the unique packaging material manufacturing technologies for glass manufacture and forming, papermaking and conversion, metal forming, rigid plastics forming, flexible plastics manufacture as well as other manufacturing and print and chemical processes.
Why choose the BRCGS packaging standard?
Benefits
- Globally recognized and GFSI benchmarked
- Recognized by retailers around the world, reducing the burden of multiple audits
- Reduced product recalls, complaints and rejected products
- Increases customer confidence, opening new market opportunities
- Clearly defined risk-based requirements
Who should use BRCGS Packaging and Packaging Materials?
The standard was created to support the needs of manufacturers of packaging and packaging materials for food and non-food applications. This includes organizations that:
- Manufacture raw materials for use in packaging
- Produce packaging materials for conversion or printing
- Supply materials from stock where additional processing or restocking occurs
- Manufacture both packaging and consumer disposable goods (e.g. paper plates)
Why BSI?
BSI believes the world should be supplied safe, high-quality food. We offer a broad range of food safety certification and risk management services.
We’re a leading food safety and certification provider with extensive auditing capacity and the capability to conduct integrated audits for a wide range of food safety standards across the entire food and beverage supply chain – including GFSI-recognized standards.
Our service solution for food safety includes certification, training, assessment and supply chain software, providing you and your customers assurance and enabling you to manage risk more effectively.
