BRC Issue 6 Risk Assessments

Our company is going for its first GFSI certification with BRC, and I have a few questions that I'm looking for help with.

Do the risk assessments for BRC need to be individual controlled documents? Do they need to be done on a regular basis, or just reviewed when there is a change to the system?

I have done them individually but using the same document if you know what I mean..... The Risk assessment document is generic and then filled out according to what you are risk assessing.

I review them annually, and if anything changes in the system. It's worked so far...

I got this template on here somewhere.

Thank you for the information and the template.

Hi WowQC

All of my risk assessments are document controlled, even though the template is generic. Although i do have some bespoke risk assessments for some things.

I also review all risk assessments at least twice annually, uually as part of my HACCP review seeing as the majority of them are connected to food safety.

Caz x

Hi WowQC

 

All of my risk assessments are document controlled, even though the template is generic. Although i do have some bespoke risk assessments for some things.

 

I also review all risk assessments at least twice annually, uually as part of my HACCP review seeing as the majority of them are connected to food safety.

 

Caz x

Do you do your risk assessments in connection with the HACCP plan, or independently? Thanks.

Hi WowQ,

We review our risk assessments based on the individual standards annually and they are a controlled document, Attached is a template we use (BRC V6 Section 4.2.1 - Security).  We also incorporate past history for consideration (i.e. occurrences, customer complaints)

Hope it helps

Note the levels we use are: 1-6 for likelihood and severity.

Our company is going for its first GFSI certification with BRC, and I have a few questions that I'm looking for help with.

 

Do the risk assessments for BRC need to be individual controlled documents? Do they need to be done on a regular basis, or just reviewed when there is a change to the system?

Dear WowQC,

Based on various previous threads / examples, the problem can occasionally be met that the textual phrasing of BRC does not always align to a (haccp-type) risk assessment as can be readily handled with a generic template.

Personally, i think BRC do it deliberately so as to compete with SQF's "validation". :smile:

Rgds / Charles.C

PS - "GFSI certification" seems to have become a popular terminology but i believe it has no direct (GFSI) meaning.

Do you do your risk assessments in connection with the HACCP plan, or independently? Thanks.

I do both

Some risk assessments connected with HACCP for stuff such as pre-requisites or allergens, and others for things such as equipment validation or legionella

Caz x