What is BRC Global Standard for Consumer Products?

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 certified against this Standard to demonstrate their competence in maintaining product safety, legality and integrity.


The requirements in the Standard are designed to:-

• Ensure consistency of safety, legality, and quality of product to the customer.
• Satisfy the legal requirement to demonstrate compliance with EU General Product Safety Directive 2005 and 'due diligence'.
• Clearly define the requirements of the customer of the supplier.
• Focus on the importance of the design and assembly of products in terms of their being 'fit for purpose' and safe for consumers.

New innovations - Issue 2 has been revised as follows:-

• 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 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 product risk has been categorized into four levels. Levels are based on product risk to the consumer and each has its own unique set of requirements.
• The Standard has been written to address the requirements in relation to   potential of the product to cause harm to the Consumer.
• Recommendations have been removed completely or incorporated into the requirements.

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


Objectives of BRC:-

• Equip individuals who have a general understanding of effective quality system and who have a background in quality or safety systems.
• Provide a framework  for effective control of factory environment Standards, product, process and personnel.
• Ensure a broad understanding of Hazard Analysis and its exact Relation with industrial legal and safety concerns.