How we can help

HACCP for Food Manufacturers:

For food manufacturers wishing to incorporate, or simply update, a HACCP plan within their business, Shieldyourself can develop and produce a HACCP plan in conjunction with your processes and procedures.
We will help you every step of the way from the consultancy at the beginning through to the development phases and finally to the full implementation of the system. The system we will develop for you will conform to the Codex Alimentarius framework for HACCP and will give you full compliance with the new HACCP regulations, introduced in January 2006.
To ensure continued compliance and to highlight deficient areas, Shieldyourself consultants can carry out a full food safety audit on site and provide you with a detailed report, showing a breakdown of issues noted along with recommendations to improve and ensure that you are legally compliant.

Quality Manual and British Retail Consortium (BRC):

It is recommended that Food Manufacturers and Food Manufacturing Packaging Companies to comply with the appropriate British Retail Consortium (BRC standard). Shieldyourself will implement the management systems that you need and provide all the documentation and support to help you achieve the standard required. The process will take the following steps:

• Pre audit
• Look at business compliance with standard.
• Compile list of action points and make recommendations.
• Take preparatory notes for HACCP.
• Agree timescales.

Tailor the Manual

• Go through each section of the manual and amend specifically to the business.
• Visit site/carry amend offsite in office.

Implement/Train

• Implement policies and quality assurance procedures.
• Train staff in policy and procedure operation.
• External training i.e. Basic Food Safety, HACCP.

BRC Audit

• Accompany business during audit.
• Carry out corrective action.

Retained Business

• Carry out support to ensure compliance with standard.
• Regular visits to carry out Internal Audits, Management Review.

Other services available:

• Interim Technical Support to Cover absence or additional help for the food manufacturing and catering sectors.
• Technical Advice on all aspects of food production
• Validation and Verification of production and manufacturing processes on site.
• Commercial Due Diligence and carrying out third party investigative work prior to investment from a potential buyer.
• Expert Witness
• Technical Function for companies who require, we can carry out the full function of technical manager.
• Complaints handling, food poisoning Investigation and handling

What to do next

Give us a call now on 0870 011 8250 to find out the process behind getting your business BRC Accredited.

Alternatively, request a call from an advisor.