Quoted:
The company shall have a documented supplier approval and ongoing monitoring procedure ................... The approval and monitoring
procedure shall be based on risk and include one or a combination of:
• certification (e.g. to BRC Global Standards or other GFSI-recognised scheme)
• supplier audits, with a scope to include product safety, traceability, HACCP review and good manufacturing practices, undertaken by an experienced and demonstrably competent product safety auditor
or, for suppliers assessed as low risk only, supplier questionnaires."
2 BRC ATP trainers confirmed that BRC required if the company chooses the certifications, all certifications shall be ONLY BRC or GFSI recognized schemes, not allowed to other, e.g. ISO 22000, HACCP or GAP while the standard uses "e.g.".
I have 100 ingredients suppliers at overseas, can them all certified to GFSI schemes? I have 500 vegetable growers with local GAP, can them all certified to GLOBALG.A.P?
if I have to go to do suppliers what a huge cost is.
What do you think?