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Module 2 of 6 · BRCGS · Section 2

Food safety plan (HACCP)

BRCGS requires a Codex-based HACCP plan, with a stricter review of the team, scope and validation of every CCP.

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HACCP team and scope

A multidisciplinary team with specific training, and a plan scope covering every product and process at the site.

Hazard analysis and CCPs

The seven Codex principles applied with the extra rigor the standard requires: documented validation of every CCP.

HACCP plan review

A full plan review at least once a year, or after any significant product or process change.

What an auditor usually asks for

  • A multidisciplinary HACCP team with documented training
  • A HACCP plan scope covering every product
  • Documented validation for every CCP
  • A logged annual HACCP plan review

How to cover the HACCP plan in Kimobox

  1. 1Document the HACCP team and its training directly in the system.
  2. 2Integrate hazard analysis and CCPs on the process map.
  3. 3Schedule the annual HACCP plan review with an automatic reminder.

The annual HACCP plan review arrives as a scheduled task, not something discovered at the audit.

See how the process map works in Kimobox

Where each figure comes from

References to the official text in force. If a standard is revised, this page is updated and the review date says so.

  1. BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety BRCGS · Current issue
  2. Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs EUR-Lex · 29 April 2004
  3. Global Food Safety Initiative GFSI · Recognised schemes