BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9

Section 3: Food safety and quality management system – BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9

BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9 3.5.4.1: Outsourced processing declared to the customer and approved where required

What does 3.5.4.1 require?

Where an intermediate step of the process is contracted out or carried out away from the site and the product then comes back, the company must be able to show that the customer was told and, where needed, gave approval.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykControl text last updated 21 May 2026

Other controls in Section 3: Food safety and quality management system – BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9

3.1.1 3.1.1 Procedures collated in a printed or electronic quality manual
3.1.2 3.1.2 The manual fully implemented and available to relevant staff
3.1.3 3.1.3 Procedures legible, unambiguous, in appropriate languages and detailed enough to apply
3.10.1 3.10.1 Complaints recorded, investigated and acted on promptly by trained staff
3.10.2 3.10.2 Complaint data analysed for trends with root cause analysis on significant increases or serious complaints
3.11.1 3.11.1 Incident and emergency procedures with contingency plans, including cyber-security failures
3.11.2 3.11.2 A documented withdrawal and recall procedure with team, decision guidelines, contacts and communication plan
3.11.3 3.11.3 Incident and recall procedures tested at least annually with timings recorded

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