Certification to the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety is now a fundamental requirement of many UK leading food retailers and foodservice companies plus many Global food purchasers. Developed by the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the standard is designed to assess the ability of food processors to comply with food safety requirements and demonstrate due diligence.
Certification to the IFS standard has rapidly become a fundamental requirement of many leading European retailers particularly in Germany and France. Developed originally by the German retailers (BDH) and amended with the assistance of the French Retail Group (FCD) the standard is designed to assess the ability of food processors to comply with food safety requirements and demonstrate due diligence. Certification can be achieved at two levels, Foundation and Higher Level depending on the score achieved at the assessment.
Organic production went stringly ahead in the last years, from niche market production, appreciated by a small circle of consumers, it has cornered an increasing bracket of them. Currently production, packing, labelling, control and certification is defined by the new UE Reg. 834/2007.
(Good Agricultural Practices) is an international standard that resume Good Agricultural Practices, addressed to fresh products producers both of vegetal and animal origin.