BRC, IFS and FSSC 22000 are Global Standards, recognised by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), that provide guidelines for a Food Safety and Quality Management System.
The BRC (British Retail Consortium) provides a framework to manage product safety, quality, integrity and legality and the operational controls for these criteria in the food manufacturing and packing industry.
BRC-Issue 8 is the current version of the food safety standard and it can be applied by any organisation in the food chain that wants to have a Global Recognition and cooperates with the UK food retailers.