The Dairy UK guide to sourcing
the finance, equipment, products, training and knowledge
for innovation
The Dairy UK guide to sourcing
the finance, equipment, products, training and knowledge
for innovation
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EFSIS provides retailers, manufacturers, farmers and caterers with expert
inspection and certification of their operations to ensure only the highest
standards are maintained.
http://www.efsis.com
EFSIS is the preferred inspection and certification service to a wide range of specifiers worldwide. These include major multiple retailers, grocery independents, contract caterers, multiple catering outlets, fast food chains and a whole host of other companies operating in the food chain.
EFSIS also inspect against various industry quality assurance schemes, covering an extensive range of food products.
EFSIS handles customers' supply chain assurance which allows customers to outsource routine technical functions, so avoiding their best technical experts being tied up with standard audits of suppliers.
The manufacturing work is split into three areas and links to the main subjects contained within them are shown below:
Food Processing and Packaging
Quality and Safety Systems
Retail / Foodservice
The farm / agriculture work is split into four main areas links to the main subjects contained within them are shown below:
Livestock – poultry
Cereals and Produce
Dairy, Fish and other Schemes
Animal Feedstuffs
PO Box 44, Winterhill House, Snowdon
Drive, Milton Keynes MK6 1AX
E-mail: info@efsis.com
Phone: 01908 844156
Fax: 01908 609825
BRITISH RETAIL CONSORTIUM
The British Retail Consortium is the lead trade association representing the whole range of retailers, from the large multiples and department stores through to independents. It has produced a number of publications which provide retailers and their suppliers with crucial business information.
BRC GLOBAL STANDARD - STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION
Meeting the requirements
of the BRC Storage and Distribution Standard ensures best practice standards
are developed, implemented and maintained for any organisation involved in
the storage and/or distribution of goods.
http://www.brc.org.uk/standards/about_storageanddistribution.htm
BRC GLOBAL STANDARD - FOOD (ISSUE 4)
The benchmark for food safety management,
the Food Standard has been extensively revised to reflect revised EU legislation
and continuous best practice requirements. It is now in its 4th issue.
http://www.brc.org.uk/standards/about_food.htm
BRC GLOBAL STANDARD - CONSUMER PRODUCTS
This Standard aims to focus suppliers'
attention on key areas of product safety. Like the widely adopted BRC Food
Standard, it provides a common approach for the certification of companies
supplying consumer products to the UK.
http://www.brc.org.uk/standards/about_consprod.htm
BRC GLOBAL STANDARD - PACKAGING
This Standard is most applicable to manufacturers
of food contact packaging for retailers' labelled products and branded products
as well. Manufacturers have an obligation to put appropriate systems and
controls in place to ensure the suitability of their packaging for safe food
use.
http://www.brc.org.uk/standards/about_packaging.htm
BRC/FDF STANDARD - NON-GM FOOD
Consumer demands for non-genetically modified crops and their derivatives
have led to the introduction of a number of 'Identity Preserved' systems
to facilitate the supply of such crops and derivatives. The main sections
of the Standard are:
http://www.brc.org.uk/standards/about_nongm.htm
STANDARDS GUIDELINES SERIES
The BRC’s range of Global Standards enables retailers and suppliers
to achieve their aim by establishing a set of objectives, which, once achieved,
guarantee a certain standard of product. In order to make the process of
achieving certification as straightforward as possible, the BRC has introduced
a series of Guidelines that provide practical advice on implementing the
various requirements within the Standards.
http://www.brc.org.uk/standards/guidelines_series.htm
The complete list of Guidelines now includes:
TRAINING COURSES
Please see the Training section of this publication for the courses that the BRC runs.
2nd Floor, 21 Dartmouth Street, London
SW1H 9BP
Phone: 020 7854 8900
Fax: 020 7854 8901
SALSA
SALSA is the approval scheme that helps local and regional food and drink producers supply their products to national and regional buyers. The scheme is supported by DEFRA and the Food Standards Agency and is being welcomed by many of the UK’s leading retailer and foodservice buyers who require a robust food safety certification to support their local sourcing needs.
c/o Bloxham Mill, Barford Road, Bloxham, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX15 4FF
E-mail: info@salsafood.co.uk
Helpline: 01295 724248
Fax: 01295 722821
LABORATORY TESTING
The Ice Cream Alliance produces a factsheet outlining the
requirements for Laboratory testing in the Ice Cream industry.
http://www.ice-cream.org/UPLOAD/ICAFACTSHEET8.PDF