BRC publishes new Packaging Standard

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has revealed the contents of the newest edition of its Global Standard – Packaging and Packaging Materials Issue 4 – ahead of publication in February. 

The BRC’s Global Standards help over 15,000 factories in over 90 countries do business with retailers by enabling them to demonstrate they are achieving the levels of quality and safety required by the retailers and meeting legal requirements.
The new issue has been revised to put more emphasis on the need for packaging to be able to do its job at every stage of the supply chain at the same time as meeting legal, hygiene and quality requirements.
To allow time for retailers, producers, and certification bodies to become fully familiar with the new requirements and for the BRC to develop support and infrastructure, audits will not start until six months after it is formally published.

David Brackston, British Retail Consortium technical director, says, “A retailer’s reputation is crucial to their success but with a wider range of goods being marketed under their own bands, sometimes from further afield, the quality, presentation and safety of those products is crucial.”