BRC Accreditation

Southover Food Company is BRC (British Retail Consortium) accredited. What does that mean for you and your business? Read on to find out why BRC accreditation could put us at the top of your list for preferred suppliers and manufacturers.

What exactly is BRC?

The British Retail Consortium deals with all aspects of retail, from manufacture to supply to sale and it ensures that the product and service the customer receives is of the highest standard possible. To make sure this happens the BRC offer a wide range of services to everyone involved in the supply chain. One of those services is thorough auditing of all business that wish to carry the BRC standard.

To attain this standard suppliers, manufacturers and retailers have to meet exceptionally demanding criteria across every aspect of their business and as such many of the larger business will not deal with manufacturers or suppliers unless they carry the BRC badge.

What are the standards required of BRC accreditation?

In the catering sector food quality is paramount, as is hygiene and food safety. To control these factors companies employ quality control and quality assurance professionals to monitor every stage of production and every aspect of storage and distribution, from the condition of the seals on the production department walls to the provenance of every single ingredient in every product.

These controls can be audited by a wide range of companies, each offering their own seal of approval, but none are as demanding as BRC. A BRC accredited supplier or manufacturer will be visited by a BRC auditor every year and will have every aspect of the quality assurance and quality control system checked thoroughly to ensure that they meet the required standard as an ongoing concern.

So why is BRC accreditation so important?

Having your business scrutinised every year by one of the most demanding auditors in the world, who is recognised as the leading authority on food safety and hygiene in the UK, ensures that every aspect of your business is run to the highest standards achievable.

Southover Food Company has long had a reputation for excellence, both in production of its award winning cooked meats and for its service and customer care, but that standard cannot be achieved or maintained without constantly aspiring to a higher standard. BRC accreditation is rigorous and thorough enough to ensure that Southover can continue to improve.

Further to this, BRC has become the accepted standard across the food industry for excellence and can be essential in securing high profile contracts where every aspect of the business is scrutinised to ensure consistent quality.

Whatever the size of your business, if you want to make sure that the products you get are of the highest quality every time you order them then working with a BRC accredited supplier or manufacturer is the only way forward.

• Industry leading technical standards
• Enables production, packaging, storage and
distribution of safe food and consumer products
• Reassures retailers and branded manufacturers of the
competence of the supplier
• BRC is a third party auditor and as such totally
unbiased in its assessment

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