Morning all,
Long time lurker, first time poster.
To give a bit of context; I work in the UK in an egg packing station.
We are currently doing the change over to BRCGS V9 2022
I am aware of the previous posts relating to this question, but feel mine is slightly different due to the number of other legislations we have to adhere to (BEIC, RSPCA, OF&G, Lion Code, SQMS etc, etc)
So one of the points you have to cover in Section 3 Risk Assessments is: Variety or Species Cross Contamination with chickens I am struggling to differentiate between Substitution and Fraud Vs Variety or Species Cross Contamination.
Say this was in context to a claim (Organic, Free Range etc) we would rely on Supplier audits in person and ensuring all suppliers adhere to relevant legislation, in this case BEIC and RSPCA are mandatory and OF&G would be applicable if it was an Organic claim.
So previous answers to this question relate mainly to substitution or fraud, looking into it I feel it is leaning towards breeds of birds in my case. So we do a premium product which is from Maran breed hens. Control measures include: Passports for the animals, Intake checks to ensure correct pallet labels, Date Of Lay, Certification legislative numbers, etc, etc. I understand this is a pretty specialist area for Food Manufacturing, but would love to hears others' opinions on this subject within my context.
Many thanks in advice for any comments