Packaging Supplier Documentation
hello - I spend all my time in the raw material/ingredient side of quality and food safety and often neglect packaging. I have been tasked with coming up with identifying the required supporting qualification documents for packaging (including primary packaging) as a quick checklist. Any examples of what other food and beverage companies require of their packaging suppliers from an onboarding standpoint would be awesome. :helpplease:
Thank you!
hello - I spend all my time in the raw material/ingredient side of quality and food safety and often neglect packaging. I have been tasked with coming up with identifying the required supporting qualification documents for packaging (including primary packaging) as a quick checklist. Any examples of what other food and beverage companies require of their packaging suppliers from an onboarding standpoint would be awesome. :helpplease:
Thank you!
Hi tuint,
I'm unclear whether you are seeking a typical Packaging specification(s) or a Packaging Supplier approval program ?
if the former, can you be more specific as to the type of packaging ? eg Kraft board, PE bags, PS bags, glass bottles etc
Hi TUNINT,
I generally use the BRCGS Food Standard as a guide to these things, and it pretty much breaks this down into site approval for the supplier/manufacture sites and risk assessment of the material to cover risks including: