Each of our Atlas peeling and coring machines handles, on average, 100 Bramley apples every minute – that’s each machine, each minute.
Our staff work collectively some 400,000 hours per annum, and they are dealing with around 330 different recipes for our customers.That’s why, when we earn an AA in our annual BRC audit it is a significant achievement.
Iam once again proud and delighted to confirm that we have achieved BRC AA standard; and it’s the very latest Version 8 variant. It’s great news because it’s not something that can be prepared for at the last minute: to achieve that standard means it is embedded in the way we, and anyone else achieving that standard, operates.
So, what exactly is BRC? If we were a car it would be the toughest MOT that the car had ever had… and some!
A BRC audit covers seven core sections:
- Senior management commitment and continual improvement
- The Food Safety Plan – HACCP
- Food safety and quality management system
- Site standards
- Product control
- Process control
- Personnel
Within each section, of course, there are a multitude of elements. Traceability (under Product Control) is a good example – it’s vital that every ingredient, of every recipe, can be tracked back accurately to its origins. In complex fillings, such as mincemeat, that might be up to 30 in a single product recipe!
I’ve heard that some food factories have found BRC Version 8 a significant challenge to the way they work. So, this fantastic AA result not only means a great business for us and for our customers, it’s also testament to everyone who works here: great people working as a great team.
Happy Christmas Everyone!
Phil Acock
MD of Fourayes, Vice Chairman of British Apples and Pears, Fruitician and Mad Scientist.
Phil Acock
Managing Director of Fourayes, vice-chairman of English Apples & Pears, Fruitician and Mad Scientist.
Our staff work collectively some 400,000 hours per annum, and they are dealing with around 330 different recipes for our customers.That’s why, when we earn an AA in our annual BRC audit it is a significant achievement.
Iam once again proud and delighted to confirm that we have achieved BRC AA standard; and it’s the very latest Version 8 variant. It’s great news because it’s not something that can be prepared for at the last minute: to achieve that standard means it is embedded in the way we, and anyone else achieving that standard, operates.
So, what exactly is BRC? If we were a car it would be the toughest MOT that the car had ever had… and some!
A BRC audit covers seven core sections:
- Senior management commitment and continual improvement
- The Food Safety Plan – HACCP
- Food safety and quality management system
- Site standards
- Product control
- Process control
- Personnel
Within each section, of course, there are a multitude of elements. Traceability (under Product Control) is a good example – it’s vital that every ingredient, of every recipe, can be tracked back accurately to its origins. In complex fillings, such as mincemeat, that might be up to 30 in a single product recipe!
I’ve heard that some food factories have found BRC Version 8 a significant challenge to the way they work. So, this fantastic AA result not only means a great business for us and for our customers, it’s also testament to everyone who works here: great people working as a great team.
Happy Christmas Everyone!
Phil Acock
MD of Fourayes, Vice Chairman of British Apples and Pears, Fruitician and Mad Scientist.
