British Retail Consortium

Standards, Guidelines, Yearbooks and Retail Crime Surveys from the British Retail Consortium

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The British Retail Consortium represents UK retailers, from the large multiples through to independents and virtual stores. The BRC campaigns to promote and protect retailers' interests, advising retailers on threats to and opportunities for their businesses and improving the general perception of the UK retail industry.

The British Retail Consortium is a lead trade association that speaks on behalf of the retail industry and campaigns, provides information, and facilitates dialogue for retailers.

The British Retail Consortium publishes a range of highly successful Global Standards and Good Practice Guidlines, including the BRC Food Standard, the BRC Packaging Standard, the BRC Consumer Products Standard and Product Recall Guidelines. The standards are now widely recognised by UK retailers and global industries and provide best practice for food manufacture, food packaging, consumer products and Non-GM foods.

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British Retail Consortium official publications

BRC Global Standard - Food

The benchmark for food safety management, the Food Standard has been extensively revised for 2005. Created to establish a standard for the supply of food products, this publication has now become the international mark of excellence. Certification to the Standard verifies technical performance and aids manufacturers fulfilment of legal obligations and protection of the consumer.

BRC/IOP Global Standard - Food Packaging

The Standard enables best practice across the packaging industry for the packaging of food and other non-food products. Complying with the Standard will help packaging manufacturers to stay on retailers' supplier lists. This edition includes changes that reflect new legislation and best practice standards, an extensive protocol section and a clear definition of scope.

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British Retail Consortium Global Standard - Consumer Products

This Standard provides a common approach to the certification of companies supplying consumer products to the UK market and the Standard will focus suppliers' attention on key areas of product safety. The BRC Consumer Standard was developed by a wide and diverse group of British Retail Consortium member companies.

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British Retail Consortium Product Recall Guidelines

These guidelines have been developed to provide retailers, suppliers and manufacturers with practical advice on product recalls and, for the first time, give insight into the detailed operational procedures essential to effectively deal with crisis management issues. The guidelines have been specifically formatted to take the reader through Best Practice processes and are accompanied by a CD-ROM containing control document templatesto assist development of robust product recall plans

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