BRC Issue 9 Clause 1.1.2 - Clear plan for the development

Hi All, 

I am so (!) confused about clause 1.1.2 performance measurement. 

"this is different from clause 1.1.3. There, the objectives are used to directly improve food safety, whereas the aim of this clause is to consider the impact of the results and learnings on product safety culture. For example, if an objective is always met, or always missed, or the objective remains unchanged every year, this may indicate a site attitude towards the objectives and provides site leadership with an attitude to focus on. In other words, is the site attitude to develop and continuously improve food safety using the objectives as one of the tools, or are the objectives set only to meet the requirements of the Standard?"

Any ideas for safety, authenticity, legality and quality?  :helpplease:

Thanks, 

D

The jist of this section is to assess the objectives that you choose.   if you continually pick easy goals, it might indicate you dont want to improve.  or if you never meet them, it might indicate your not really improving as you go.   

you might not need to "change" you objectives but make sure that they are relavent and meeting the intended purpose. 

Hi Dorothy87,

I agree that is a bit confusing but for me the main difference is monitoring the implementation plan.

The BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety Clause 1.1.2 requires:

This plan for the development and continuing improvement of a food safety and quality culture needs to include:

Defined activities involving all sections of the site that have an impact on product safety. As a minimum, these activities shall be designed around:

• clear and open communication on product safety

• training

• feedback from employees

• the behaviours required to maintain and improve product safety processes

• performance measurement of activities related to the safety, authenticity, legality and

quality of products

An action plan indicating how the activities will be undertaken and measured, and the

intended timescales

A review of the effectiveness of completed activities.

The plan shall be reviewed and updated at least annually, at a minimum.

For performance measurement, the key elements are monitoring the implementation plan as described in the guidance:

Along with the activities, the culture plan must also include information indicating how activities will be undertaken, the intended timescales for completion, plans for measurement (including results from previous activities) and a review of the effectiveness of completed activities.

Some key food safety elements are interlinked with food safety culture and improvements can assist in assessing the effectiveness of the culture development plan, including:

Level of compliance with food safety, hygiene and food fraud policies including management review and attitude to improvement

Level of compliance with objectives, review and setting new objectives

Monitoring of safety, authenticity, legality and quality KPI trends such as non-conforming products/complaints/rejections including communication and review

Review of effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions – are they being eliminated or repeated year-on-year

Review of Internal audits and Inspections – Audit scoring can show trends/improvements

Review of effectiveness of relevant training

Kind regards,

Tony