BRCGS Understanding the Requirements Agents & Brokers

1 Day, 9.30-17.00

BRCGS Food Packaging or Storage and Distribution Auditors wishing to undertake BRCGS audit against the standard and Agents and Brokers who are looking to achieve the standard, as well as Consultants and Approved Training Providers (ATP) who may wish to train this standard and/or help companies to achieve this standard. Companies looking to implement or gain an insight into the standard.

To understand the scope of the products and the companies to be audited and definitions used in the context of this standard. To give a practical overview of the standard and enable Agents and Brokers companies to be audited and certificated where they buy and sell products or provide services to other parties but are unable to gain certification to the production or Storage and Distribution Standards because there is no product present to be audited. Also to update existing food auditors to the requirements of the standard and allow them to become qualified to audit the Agents and Brokers standard. To ensure all new and existing auditors and implementers have a consistent understanding of the Global Standard for Agents and Brokers (Food & Food Packaging). To allow other interested parties to have an insight into the Standard and audit process including consultants, technical and operational managers, and customers of certificated sites.

• The scope of the standard
• The requirements of the standard
• Auditing the standard

Attendance will enable delegates to:

• Know and understand the scope of the standard
• Know the requirements and the actions required to fulfil them
• Understand the audit protocol and how to become certified
• Understand the procedures for closing out non conformances
• Demonstrate the competitive benefits of quality standards to their own and other organisations

Offering better value for money, they can be designed to closely match your specific requirements.