Exclusion from Broker Scope

Hello everyone,

Would anybody be able to tell me to what extent/under which conditions can a Broker company exclude divisions/departments/range of products from the Audit scope?

Although I have found some Kind of "decision trees" on this subject for the exclusion from the Food Standards, I could not find Information about the Broker scope.

Regards,

Pauline

Hello,

in case anyone is wondering,the key answer here is the Definition of the Audit scope, which must be agreed upon with the certification Body.

The defined scope must be clear enough so that there are no possible misleading on the certificate.

Certification Bodies may have different opinions on the question, so you should consider a wide range of possible certification bodies.

Regards,

Probard

Hi Pauline,

You can only exclude separate offices/locations and not products or services.

"The achievement of the certification criteria relies on clear commitment from the company management to

Hi Jim,

This is then a clear difference between IFS and BRC Standards, as it is permitted by the IFS  Broker Standard, as long as the exclusion is expressly stated on the certificate.

4- Scope of the Audit

If, under exceptional circumstances, the company decides to exclude

the broker services related to specific product groups from the scope of

the audit, then this shall be clearly noted and included in the audit report

and on the IFS certificate.

International Featured Standard · IFS Broker · Version 2

It might help those who are uncertain between the two standards!

Regards,

Pauline

What can be the reason to exclude products?

Are these products selected, sourced, developed or sold in another way? A way that somehow not comply to the standards?