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[redfox]

Hello All,

 

Tomorrow June 8-9 is our BRC7 Audit. Thanks to IFSQN community that untirely gives their support to all members. 

 

 

Regards,

redfox

 

 

[GMO]

Good luck!

[Charles.C]

Ditto !

[kamau]

All the best and hope you are well prepared.

[Simon]

Let us know how you get on Redfox.

[redfox]

Hello everybody,

 

We finished our BRC7 audit yesterday. We escaped with B grade. No major all minors NCs. 

 

Findings ranges from packing step must be included in our HACCP, pest control, air monitoring, risk assessment on packaging material and ingredients, pest control, metal control, specification of rawmat, packaging and ingredient that will used during receiving of deliveries. Contract with the suppliers of services such as testing laboratories, calibrators and etc. 

 

Suppliers of rawmat, packaging and services performance is monitored but no criteria how to rate/grade them so that a risk the site can identify who is good or bad supplier based on the evaluation from the monitoring. 

 

If you are buying from trader, the product must be identified from the last manufacturer. 

 

We got NC on our mechanical rat trap coz we use biscuit for bait. But ironically it attracts ants.

 

Air direction must be from inside. 

 

No outdated calibration certificate for the equipment that needs calibration.

 

Hope this will guide you on your future audit.

 

Regards,

redfox

 

 

 

 

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[Tony-C]

Thanks for letting us know Redfox, not too bad. Some work to do but at least you will not need another audit for 12 months.

 

Kind regards,

 

Tony

[Charles.C]

Hi Redfox,

 

As I understand this was yr second BRC audit so far. Product presumably still canned, chilled, crabmeat.

 

I'm curious, were  the items like absence of calibration certificates a carry-over from first audit ? ie predicted NCs.

 

Did the auditor have much interest in Vulnerability Assessment ? (maybe not if all locally caught material)

 

Hopefully the results improved upon 1st time.

 

Personally i like Good "B"s but Top Management will not of course.

 

Well done !

[redfox]

Hello Charles,

 

We have temperature measuring devices that the calibration were expired last week. Very unfortunate that the new item that has just been calibrated arrived late. Yes the auditor is very interested in EMA  Vulnerability Assessment. The risk assessment that I presented is combination from Campden, BRI, and BRC published article. I rate it low risk so that the auditor wont look for any control measure to mitigate the risk. 

 

regards,

redfox

[Charles.C]

Hello Charles,

 

We have temperature measuring devices that the calibration were expired last week. Very unfortunate that the new item that has just been calibrated arrived late. Yes the auditor is very interested in EMA  Vulnerability Assessment. The risk assessment that I presented is combination from Campden, BRI, and BRC published article. I rate it low risk so that the auditor wont look for any control measure to mitigate the risk. 

 

regards,

redfox

 

Hi Redfox,

 

Thanks.

 

Yes, I suppose (assuming supply chain =  boat/sea), should be a fairly low vulnerability for fraud, other than species perhaps.