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Posted 01 February 2007 - 01:35 PM

The BRC Technical Standards Governance and Strategy Committee has instructed the BRC to issue and agree contracts with Certification Bodies who offer certification services to a BRC Standard.

The main points that will affect Certified Companies:

  • The BRC will be levying a fee of £75 plus VAT per evaluation, which they have instructed Certification Bodies to collect on their behalf. This £75 will be in addition to the Certification Body Audit fees
  • Certification Bodies are obliged to provide information to the BRC on the status of all suppliers, i.e. certificated or non-certificated
  • Certification cannot be granted until the BRC administration fee has been collected by the Certification Body
  • Certification Bodies are obliged to provide the evaluation report to the BRC and BRC members as a service to both parties
  • Certificated Companies will be entitled to use the BRC logo and have their details entered in the BRC directory of certificated suppliers.
The BRC Contract will come into effect from 17th July 2006.

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Posted 01 February 2007 - 03:09 PM

The BRC Technical Standards Governance and Strategy Committee has instructed the BRC to issue and agree contracts with Certification Bodies who offer certification services to a BRC Standard.

The main points that will affect Certified Companies:

  • The BRC will be levying a fee of £75 plus VAT per evaluation, which they have instructed Certification Bodies to collect on their behalf. This £75 will be in addition to the Certification Body Audit fees
  • Certification Bodies are obliged to provide information to the BRC on the status of all suppliers, i.e. certificated or non-certificated
  • Certification cannot be granted until the BRC administration fee has been collected by the Certification Body
  • Certification Bodies are obliged to provide the evaluation report to the BRC and BRC members as a service to both parties
  • Certificated Companies will be entitled to use the BRC logo and have their details entered in the BRC directory of certificated suppliers.
The BRC Contract will come into effect from 17th July 2006.

No ifs no buts. :thumbdown:

Now come on Simon, you say it as if its a bad thing ! Im sure all companies holding BRC certification consider the visit fee, expenses and registration fee to be nothing other than a complete bargain, especially as its transparent exactly how they arrive at those charges! :whistle:

Why put off until tomorrow that which you can avoid doing altogether ?

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Posted 01 February 2007 - 09:20 PM

Now come on Simon, you say it as if its a bad thing ! Im sure all companies holding BRC certification consider the visit fee, expenses and registration fee to be nothing other than a complete bargain, especially as its transparent exactly how they arrive at those charges! :whistle:

Are you not angry Martin? I think they're taking a liberty. Just because certificated companies were not taking up their offerings by choice they make it mandatory. Clever business, but it's an unavoidable tax. What exactly do they do for it? :angry:

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Posted 01 February 2007 - 10:08 PM

Are you not angry Martin? I think they're taking a liberty. Just because certificated companies were not taking up their offerings by choice they make it mandatory. Clever business, but it's an unavoidable tax. What exactly do they do for it? :angry:

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Your'e quite right Simon they are certainly taking a liberty, I think they do it because they can get away with it. Im not impressed with it but personally not angry as the company foots the bill, no doubt the BRC will say that the cash raised will go toward providing a wider range of benefits for its members.

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Posted 02 February 2007 - 05:08 PM

All you BRC companies out there!

does this mean that I might be cheaper offering you ISO22000?

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Posted 03 February 2007 - 03:11 PM

Your'e quite right Simon they are certainly taking a liberty, I think they do it because they can get away with it. Im not impressed with it but personally not angry as the company foots the bill, no doubt the BRC will say that the cash raised will go toward providing a wider range of benefits for its members.



Whats even more annoying is when a certification body issues a certificate when its obvious that the company should never have had one!!!

if the money was being used to police this kind of thing happening then its a fair charge!


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Posted 05 February 2007 - 08:16 AM

Whats even more annoying is when a certification body issues a certificate when its obvious that the company should never have had one!!!

if the money was being used to police this kind of thing happening then its a fair charge!


It certainly is annoying Caz and I think it may be due at least in part to the nature of 3rd party auditing. It is my understanding that the certification body issues a certificate based on a review of the auditors report. If an auditor gives a company an unsatisfactory report resulting in no certification then the company may employ another auditor next time. For 3rd party auditors remember auditee = customer = £££, from the BRC angle more bad reports = less certification fees. Not that Im at all cynical about the whole thing :rolleyes:

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Posted 05 February 2007 - 08:32 AM

Has anyone ever been an auditee on a BRC audit that has been witnessed by a UKAS representative? I think they need to be doing much, much more of this.


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