Hi,
I'm looking for as much help as possible really, we're a cooking vinegar manufacturing site and also 3rd party distributor for cooking wine. We really want to achieve BRC standards as it will open a lot more doors for us.
We've had two people out to our site, one said no way can it be achieved and the other said yes with work but didn't say whether this work can be carried out whilst implementing paperwork etc.
Below is what we had pointed out to us as part of a visit last Friday, all I'm trying to find is a company who's willing to help us and just be clear on exactly what state the site needs to be in before we can start the process.
Reference to my visit to your premises today and discussions with Sean. I list areas that need attention which are
1 Make good the floor area outside the filling area
2. Tray or mechanism to avoid spillages
3. This is in progress. Change of lighting in labelling area
4. Make good replace rusty metal eg above plastic doors leading to the filling area
5. Maintain grass at the side of the building
6. Replace rusty scales
7. You cannot have any rusty products in areas that potentially could contaminate the product
8. Comply with the requirements of weight & measures
9. 8 also applies to any product you are purchasing outside of the EU
Obviously these are not huge or costly issues.
7. My concern is the exhausting of the fumes released in the brewing area
a) You will need to install some form of system for filtering/exhausting
b) You may require permission to release this into the atmosphere from the environmental agency