BRC Global Standard : Consumer Products (2 Revised edition)

Meeting the requirements of the 'BRC Global Standard - Consumer Products: Issue 2' ensures best practice standards are developed, implemented and maintained for manufacturers and assembly packers of consumer products.

Manufacturing and assembly packing companies can be against this Standard to demonstrate their competence in maintaining product safety, legality and integrity.The requirements in the Standard are designed to: satisfy the legal requirement to demonstrate compliance with EU General Product Safety Directive 2005 and 'due diligence'; focus on the importance of the design and assembly of products in terms of their being 'fit for purpose' and safe for consumers; clearly define the requirements of the customer of the supplier; and ensure consistency of safety, legality, and quality of product to the customerThe "BRC Global Standard - Consumer Products: Issue 2" is different in format and concept from Issue 1.

Issue 2 has been revised as follows: the supplier assesses their product risk using the guidelines supplied in the Standard (The product level is then verified by a Certification Body and / or customer. The supplier is evaluated against the requirements for that risk level.

This is a unique concept in standards); the Standard has been written to address the requirements in relation to potential of the product to cause harm to the Consumer; the product risk has been categorised into four levels - levels are based on product risk to the consumer and each has its own unique set of requirements; and, recommendations have been removed completely or incorporated into the requirements.For ease of use each set of requirements is held in a different chapter in the Standard.

This approach makes the certification process easier for both manufacturers and certification bodies.

This is the only Standard of its type.The Standard is applicable to the manufacture of a great many products including greetings cards, DIY products (e.g. paints, power tools, nails and hammers), homewares, white goods, and non-prescription pharmaceuticals.

This Standard will prove invaluable for companies that are developing a presence in the Far East, enabling them to cooperate more effectively with their suppliers.Print on Demand - This publication is in printed format from TSO's on-demand publishing service. It will be produced in black and white and will be wirebound.