THE BRCGS PLANT BASED TRADEMARK STANDARD, ONE DAY OR BOLT ON 

Is your company preparing to update its BRCGS food safety program to meet the Plant Based Certification Program Global Standard?  
 
1 - Gap analysis: Create a fast, practical action plan in your time with your resource 
 
 
 
To START the route to certification, the on-site gap analysis will assess the existing level of compliance. A gap analysis will assess: 
 
What food safety systems are currently in place focused on PBCP requirements 
How current systems compare to requirements of the standard standalone PBCP OR Combined with BRCGS and PBCP standards together 
Paperwork systems (Provision of documented templates) 
Fabrication 
Personnel requirements – Training awareness in PBCP requirements 
 

FOCUSED & PRACTICAL GAP-ANALYSIS   

01. SENIOR MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT 

Commitment at a senior level is essential including your new food safety culture plan. Hayfields gives you that comitmment 
“Action plan that meets Plant based & Culture plan.” 

02. THE FOOD SAFETY PLAN – HACCP 

Hayfields designs and supports your HACCP system to inlcude Plant based smoothly. 
 
“We provide a HACCP plan based on PBCP requirements and associated documents & records including HACCP review report. We can be part of review HACCP team to support your compliance easy and quickly.” 

03. PBMS Maintenance & Reassessment 

The PBMS team needs to review the PBMS at least annually, and prior to any changes that may affect product integrity. Hayfields can support directly, your training, documention, and the validation. 
“We can be part of review HACCP and senior management team to support your compliance easy and quickly.” 

04. Documentation and Records 

The site shall have a procedure to manage documents that form part of the PBMS. Hayfields are your BRCGS approved auditor or competent authority. 
 
“We provide the gap analysis, action plan but more than this, we ensure your Culture plan is intergrated as well.” 

05. Internal Audits 

Internal audits conducted by Hayfields means Plant Based compliance by an experienced demonstrably competent independant auditor. Cuture plan is inlcuded as a way to measure against time scales  
 
“We provide Plant Based comprehensive fully compliant internal audits, especially important where your site handles animal based materials“ 

Support 

We are here to provide ready access to any queries regarding supporting publications, and additional resources quickly and easily via our information management system (Clause 1.1.9) 

Training 

Hayfields Consultancy Ltd can provide specific PBCP awareness training for shop floor, supervisors and management alike to meet the standards need for specific PBCP training requirements. Training will ensure understanding and implementing the Plant-Based Global Standard, as well as specific food safety topics such as HACCP, root cause analysis, and vulnerability assessment (assessment of food fraud risks). 
 
Alternatively visit BRCGS Training page on https://www.brcgsbookshop.com/bookshop/e-learning-/c-24/c-82 

GAP ANALYSIS RESULTS  

 
The results of a gap analysis will highlight any areas of weakness and expose what will need to be improved or introduced in order to achieve certification/s. 
LEARN 
Visit the BRC Global Standards website 
Contact BRC Global Standards for more information 
PREPARE FOR AUDIT 
Select an audit option (stand-alone or combined) 
Perform a self-assessment to determine compliance with the Standard 
Select a CB 
Provide Information to CB for audit preparation 
Define audit date 
POST AUDIT 
Ongoing maintenance of the Standard and Continual Improvement 
Use of PBCP logo 
Ongoing communication with certification body 
Schedule re-audit date before re-audit due date 
APPLY 
Apply to the program 
Download the PBCP Global Standard and associated documents 
ON-SITE AUDIT 
Opening Meeting 
Site Inspection 
Document Review 
Traceability Challenge 
Final Review of Finding by auditor 
Closing Meeting 
DOWNLOAD THE PLANT-BASED GLOBAL STANDARD 
Printed copies of the Plant-Based Global Standard can be purchased from the BRCGS bookshop, with the digital version available to download FREE of charge at brcgsbookshop.com 
PROGRAM LICENSE AGREEMENT 
Enter into a Program Lisence Agreement (PLA) outlining terms and conditions, manufacturing site locations, brands and sku's and annual licence fees 
Submit a Schedule A 
NON-CONFORMANCES AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS 
Corrective actions provided for any non-conformances identified within 28 days 
CB reviews evidence within 14 days 
If corrective actions deemed satisfactory, certificate of recognition and audit report issued 
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