Hi All,
I need your urgent assistance in regards with the approval of our primary packaging supplier.
We are a relatively small company but BRC certified for food safety. We are handling liquid ingredients in low risk production zone.
I am having troubles to find a proper supplier for packaging and this is where I need your help and guidance.
As I said, we are a small company and we cannot order from GFSI- certified packaging manufacturers as they require huge orders which we cannot afford and store. Therefore, our next option would be to find an agent/broker or Storage & distribution supplier. Still none of the BRC certiifed S&D or agents/brokers don't supply packaging material. My last (but least) option to find non-certified supplier who buy packaging from big packaging manufacturers. My question is if I ask for a SAQ to be completed in which you can trace supplier's and manufacturer's product code , manufacturer's GFSI-certificate, migration data and spec sheet, would I be compliant with BRC? Would ISO 9001 stand as packaging manufacturer's main GFSI-certificate?
If you also have faced this problem, please share your experience or if you have any suggestions for suppliers (i don't know if I allowed to ask...).
My point is that any help would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks.
Petra