BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9 6.4.4: Recorded actions when devices are out of limits, with at-risk product withheld from sale

What does 6.4.4 require?

Procedures must record what is done when a measuring device is found to be outside its specified limits. Where product safety or legality depended on the inaccurate equipment, action must be taken so that product at risk does not reach sale.

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Other controls in Section 6: Process control – BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9

6.1.1 6.1.1 Documented process specifications and work instructions for key processes
6.1.2 6.1.2 Safety-critical equipment settings changed only by trained, authorised staff, with restricted controls
6.1.3 6.1.3 Process monitoring implemented, controlled and recorded
6.1.4 6.1.4 In-line monitoring devices linked to a routinely tested failure alert
6.1.5 6.1.5 Processing characteristics of critical equipment validated and verified on risk
6.1.6 6.1.6 Procedures to establish product status after equipment failure or process deviation
6.1.7 6.1.7 Out-of-scope products and materials controlled so they create no risk to in-scope products
6.2.1 6.2.1 Formal allocation of packaging to lines, controlled offline printing, and label use reconciliation

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The graph holds this control, the 0 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.

MCP endpoint All BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9 controls