BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9
Section 4: Site standards – BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9

BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9 4.5.1: Water potable at point of use, stored safely and analysed at least annually on a risk-based plan

What does 4.5.1 require?

Water of every kind, including ice and steam, that is used as an ingredient, in preparing product, for washing hands or for cleaning must be available in sufficient quantity, potable where it is used, fit for purpose, and free from contamination risk as the applicable law defines. Stored water must be managed to keep risk low. Its microbiological and chemical quality must be analysed as the law requires and at least annually, with the sampling points, scope and frequency set on risk, taking account of the water's source, storage and distribution and of earlier results.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 4 controls across 2 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

  • FV-GFS 30.04.02 FV-GFS 30.04.02 Storage of water does not pose any food safety risks.
  • FV-GFS 30.05.01 FV-GFS 30.05.01 Water is analyzed for food safety, in accordance with the risk assessment.
  • FV-GFS 30.05.04 FV-GFS 30.05.04 Water that comes into contact with products during harvest and postharvest meets the microbial standard for drinking water.
  • 6.2 Water, ice and steam: product and application quality

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in Section 4: Site standards – BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9

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