BRCGS V9 (5.1 Product design/development)

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• SOI Product design and development procedures shall be in place for new products or processes and any changes to product, packaging or manufacturing processes to ensure that safe and legal products are produced.

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5.1.1 New product development and changes to existing product, packaging and manufacturing processes procedure

• The company shall have a procedure for new product development and changes to existing product, packaging and manufacturing processes.

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• This procedure shall include any restrictions to the scope of new product development to control the introduction of hazards which would be unacceptable to the site or customers (e.g. the introduction of allergens, glass packaging, microbiological risks or the introduction of ingredients that may affect product claims).

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5.1.2 HACCP approval

• All new products and changes to product formulation, packaging or methods of processing shall be formally approved by the HACCP team leader or an authorised HACCP team member. This shall ensure that hazards have been assessed and suitable controls, identified through the HACCP system, are implemented.

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• This approval shall be granted before products are introduced into the factory environment.

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5.1.3 Trials

• Trials using production equipment shall be carried out where it is necessary to validate that product formulation and manufacturing processes are capable of producing a safe product of the required quality.

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5.1.4 Shelf-life trials

• Initial shelf-life trials shall be undertaken using documented protocols that reflect conditions expected during manufacture, storage, transport/distribution, use and handling to determine product shelf life.

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• Results shall be recorded and retained and shall confirm compliance with the relevant microbiological, chemical and organoleptic criteria or sensory analysis.

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• Where shelf-life trials prior to production are impractical, for instance for some long-life products, a documented science-based justification for the assigned shelf life shall be produced.

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