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[ikhsan]

Hi All..

 

Please info how to started BRC IOP certification?? I have ISO 22000 certification at present

 

Thanks

[Charles.C]

Hi All..

 

Please info how to started BRC IOP certification?? I have ISO 22000 certification at present

 

Thanks

 

Dear ikhsan

 

The usual starting routine is -

 

(1) Get the standard (free? )

(2) Do a Gap Analysis

(3) Maybe consider yr financial options.

 

Rgds / Charles.C

 

PS- obviously ISO22000 should enable a helpful transition for many MS/ haccp aspects although i seem to recall that BRC packaging has a somewhat individualistic FS approach (not a packaging person). I'm unsure if BRC IOP  has the same enthusiasm regarding risk assessment as BRC food but that might be a noticeable difference to ISO. Plus you will probably find BRC is generally far more prescriptive (unless perhaps you have used iso 22002 for prerequisites [compulsory for FSSC presumably]).

Other users of IOP will know more than me.

It is also worth browsing through the BRC Packaging forum of course.

[Simon]

Hi Ikhsan, Charles offers good advice.

 

As Charles mentions there is some very old (but still useful) documents here: Example BRC/IOP Procedures

 

If you need any further advice let me know.

Regards,
Simon

[ikhsan]

Hi Charles adn Simon..

 

Many thanks for You,,Our company just plan to begin BRC started next month,,

[dianasamson]

which is more difficult  ISO 22000 PAS 223 or BRC for packaging our major client requiring us to have certification of either both. Please enlighten me.

[ikhsan]

Hi dianasamson I think that both of them is support for each other..If You Implementation ISO 22000, it is useful to completed BRC certification...(I think).

[Charles.C]

Dear dianasamson,

 

“Difficulty”  may depend on your individual  background / interpretation of difficulty / requirements, for example -

 

(1) iso22000 will be relatively familiar from a MS POV if you have experience of iso9001.

(2) iso22000 is more generic, ie less prescriptive, than brc

(3) iso22000 requires  learning iso-haccp.

(4) iso22000 is not “recognized” by GFSI.

Etc

 

Rgds / Charles.C

 

PS – afaik PAS223 is a standard for packaging prerequisite programs ( the other 2 are  FSMS standards) and is  optional for iso22000, compulsory (I expect) for fssc22000

also see -

http://www.ifsqn.com...223/#entry84440