What is BRC/IOP?
The British retail consortium and the institute of packaging have developed a technical standard to assist retailers and food manufacturers in the fulfillment of their legal obligation. The standard will help in the protection of the consumer by providing a common basis for the audit of companies supplying packaging for food products to retailers.
BRC/IOP standard for food packaging Companies is an industry specific standard which is advisable to achieve the sophisticated collection and analysis of data, including data about the specifications and performance of materials, suppliers and processes used for packaging.
Salient Features
Salient Features of the Standard are as follow:
- Perform Hazard Analysis
- Glass & Brittle Plastic Policy
- Equipment and Plant cleaning schedules
Role of investè
investè shall ensure that the prerequisites are in place by way of conducting a detailed GAP Analysis and eventually assisting the clients in performing formal hazard analysis of its production process considering microbiological, physical and chemical contamination as well as critical packaging defects critical to consumer safety.
Using the GAP Analysis investè shall identify and assist in establishing infrastructural requirements to fulfill requirement of factory standards and hygiene requirements.
investè shall begin to build and implement BRC/IOP standard thereafter
The first things to do are:
Depending on the size of the business investè shall assemble the staff into a small team, with a leader to lead in designing and implementation. investè then shall design workshops at different levels to train the staff and other workforce related to production and delivery.
Depending on the size of the business investè shall assemble the staff into a small team, with a leader to lead in designing and implementation. investè then shall design workshops at different levels to train the staff and other workforce related to production and delivery.
investè using its training and development tools including various presentations, case studies and specifically designed workshops shall train the staff in following;
Standards & Hygiene Requirements
Hygiene code of Practic