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Module 4 of 6 · BRCGS · Section 4

Site standards

BRCGS dedicates a whole section to facilities: site location, layout, maintenance and pest control for the production site.

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Site location and layout

An environmental assessment and a plant layout that minimize the risk of product contamination.

Maintenance and calibration

A preventive maintenance plan for facilities and equipment, with calibration of critical measuring equipment.

Pest control

An in-house or contracted pest control programme, with documented periodic inspections.

What an auditor usually asks for

  • A location and facility risk assessment
  • A preventive maintenance plan with a schedule
  • A calibration log for critical equipment
  • A pest control programme with documented inspections

How to cover site standards in Kimobox

  1. 1Manage the preventive maintenance plan with automatic alerts in Kimobox.
  2. 2Log critical equipment calibration with its due date.
  3. 3Document pest control inspections as a recurring process.

Maintenance and calibration warn you before they lapse, not after they've already failed.

See Kimobox's quality portal

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