Gap assessment against the applicable BRCGS standard and issue

BRCGS audit preparation for food, packaging and distribution sites.
Turn Issue 9 requirements into working controls for hygiene, HACCP, traceability, food safety culture and site standards—whether your buyer expects Food Safety, Packaging, or Storage and Distribution certification.
Built for the operation behind the certificate.
- Food manufacturers and packers supplying UK, EU or global retailers
- Spice, seasoning, ingredient and processed-food exporters
- Packaging manufacturers supplying food and consumer brands
- Warehouses and distribution operations handling food products
Start when the requirement becomes real.
- 01A retailer or brand owner names BRCGS in supplier approval
- 02A previous audit raised a major or fundamental non-conformity
- 03The site is moving toward an announced or unannounced audit
- 04HACCP, traceability or food safety culture evidence is inconsistent
Evidence your team can use and an auditor can test.
Preparation commonly takes 4 to 6 months and may take longer where infrastructure, zoning or major site-standard work is required.
HACCP review, site standards and hygiene-zoning controls
Traceability, mass-balance and product-recall exercises
Food fraud, food defence and food safety culture plans
Root-cause analysis and corrective-action evidence
Internal audit, mock interviews and audit-day support
A practical route to audit readiness.
Certification decisions remain with an independent certification body. We prepare the system, people and evidence.
Scope and gap
Confirm the applicable standard, sites, products and buyer deadline, then assess the current system against it.
Implement
Build the controls and records with process owners, train the people who will use them and close practical gaps.
Test and close
Run the internal audit, management review where required, and close findings with objective evidence.
Face the audit
Prepare the team for interviews and records sampling, then support the site through the independent audit.
Questions clients bring to the first call.
Share the requirement, deadline and site count.
We will respond with the likely scope, a realistic preparation path and a project-specific quote.
