Polyprint now food accredited

UK company, Polyprint, has attained British Retail Consortium (BRC) certification (Packaging and Packaging Materials) to allow it to develop its business into primary-contact food packaging printing. 
 
Polyprint’s business has grown significantly in the printed packaging market over recent years, so the move towards BRC certification was logical, and this latest certification has already seen the company win orders from the major supermarket chains.
 
As company md, Jonathan Neville explained: ‘The BRC Standard is widely regarded as the global benchmark for best practice in the food industry, and achieving it requires a very high level of commitment to hygiene and food safety.  We had to work hard to ensure that our premises, our equipment, and the level of training of our people were up to the mark.’

The BRC Standard requires companies to adopt and implement hazard and risk analysis, have a documented Quality Management System, and to control environment standards, products, processes and personnel.