Moving from HACCP to BRC Certification

Hi to everyone,
hope some one will help me in this regard,
I am working in a coffee processing plant, we decided to go for HACCP certification.Now our management has decided not to go for HACCP but for BRC-global standards-food.
I have already prepared haccp manuala nd below is the index :

Contents

Control & Confidentiality

Scope of Application

Food Safety Policy & Objectives

Company Profile

Information of the Operator

List of Abbreviation

List of HACCP Procedures

List of HACCP Records

List of Annexure

Distribution List

Amendment Record

HACCP Procedure

Terms and Definitions

HACCP Team

Responsibility and Authority

System Requirement

Process Information

Decision Tree

Pre – Requisite Program

Hazard Analysis

Control Measure

Monitoring and Measuring

Validation and Verification

HACCP Verification

Annexure

Organization Chart

Plant Layout

Product Information

Process Flowchart

Hazard Analysis Annexure-I

Hazard Analysis Annexure -II(for packing m material)

CCP Determination and Justification

List of CCP Monitoring



I wanted to have a combined manual for BRC and i have to prepare few documents related to quality management system (ISO 9001).
Can any one help me to combine haccp and quality manual together for BRC?
Is BRC-issue 5- food standard manual is available as free download if so please provide link.


Regards,
AMAL

Dear AMAL,

BRC version 5 manual is copyrighted so I don't think you will find it as a free download, also if you want to be BRC acredited one of the requirements is that you actually have a copy of the manual.

About the point between BRC and HACCP... The fact is that the HACCP plan is part of the BRC requirements so, IMO it is possible to include the information that you already have in a Food safety and Quality manual, you just have to compare your HACCP manual with the BRC requirements.

In the company I work for we have only one food safety and quality manual and one of the sections is HACCP plan but IMO the structure of the manual or how many manuals you have is your option.

Hope it helped,

Vera

Hi to everyone,
hope some one will help me in this regard,
I am working in a coffee processing plant, we decided to go for HACCP certification.Now our management has decided not to go for HACCP but for BRC-global standards-food.
I have already prepared haccp manuala nd below is the index :

Contents

Control & Confidentiality

Scope of Application

Food Safety Policy & Objectives

Company Profile

Information of the Operator

List of Abbreviation

List of HACCP Procedures

List of HACCP Records

List of Annexure

Distribution List

Amendment Record

HACCP Procedure

Terms and Definitions

HACCP Team

Responsibility and Authority

System Requirement

Process Information

Decision Tree

Pre – Requisite Program

Hazard Analysis

Control Measure

Monitoring and Measuring

Validation and Verification

HACCP Verification

Annexure

Organization Chart

Plant Layout

Product Information

Process Flowchart

Hazard Analysis Annexure-I

Hazard Analysis Annexure -II(for packing m material)

CCP Determination and Justification

List of CCP Monitoring



I wanted to have a combined manual for BRC and i have to prepare few documents related to quality management system (ISO 9001).
Can any one help me to combine haccp and quality manual together for BRC?
Is BRC-issue 5- food standard manual is available as free download if so please provide link.


Regards,
AMAL

Hi Amal

as Vera has already said, You have to demonstrate that you have a hard copy of the BRC standard, and unfortunately a photocopy will not do. Failure to have this will result in a non-conformance.

It looks like you have done a lot of work already, and some of this is readily transferrable into the BRC.

There is an extensive section in the BRC regarding HACCP, which covers most if not all of the points that you have already covered. However, the BRC has separate sections regarding such subjects as Traceability, Allergens, Personal Hygiene, Internal Auditing, Customer Review etc.

It doesn't say how you have to format your quality manual; it would be acceptable to have a Quality Manual that incorporates HACCP or two separate manuals. please remember that your quality manual will need to refer to being a "Food Safety & Quality Management System"

My advice to you would be to obtain a copy of the manual (about £90) and look at each clause in detail; you'll probably find you have a lot of it covered. When you've got that, and you've started to format your manual, let us know, and we'll try and help you any way we can.

It looks wordy and frightening, but really its just using common sense.

Caz x