Standards
BRC / IFS / EN 16636: Achieve and maintain your certifications
Meet your retail customer requirements and maintain your score.
What is BRC / IFS?
Retail industry standards for food safety
Objective
Demonstrate compliance with retailer requirements for food safety and quality.
Scope
Food production and processing sites.
Structure
Chapter-based scoring (BRC: Grade A+ to D / IFS: >95% Higher Level).
BRC/IFS in numbers
Your certification challenges
Without certification, certain markets are closed to you.
Accumulating requirements
BRC, IFS, and now specific specifications from each retailer...
Score pressure
Your score determines your contracts. Every point counts.
Major non-conformities
A single major NC can compromise your certification and your markets.
Multiplying audits
Certification audits, customer audits, internal audits... How do you manage everything?
How Betterfly helps you
Manage your standards with a structured approach.
Integrated requirements database
All BRC, IFS and EN 16636 clauses with their interpretation.
Guided self-assessment
Evaluate your compliance clause by clause before the audit.
Targeted action plan
Focus your efforts on points that matter for your score.
Multi-standard tracking
Manage multiple certifications without duplicating efforts.
Your certification journey
5 key steps to obtain and maintain your BRC/IFS certification
- 01
Diagnosis
Initial self-assessment against the target standard.
- 02
Build
Compliance with requirements and documentation preparation.
- 03
Internal audit
Audit simulation and internal scoring to identify gaps.
- 04
Certification
Certification audit and grade issuance (BRC: A+/A/B/C, IFS: Higher/Foundation).
- 05
Continuous improvement
Score maintenance and improvement between each audit.
Case study
Carrefour d'Hygiène + Pest Stop
Pest controlChallenge
Need to structure compliance with ISO 9001 and EN NM 16636 standards, complex and non-digitalized pest control field operations management.
Solution
Betterfly support for dual ISO 9001 and EN NM 16636 certification, digitalization of field operations management and business processes (sales, operations, reporting, invoicing).
Result
ISO 9001 and EN NM 16636 certifications achieved, structured and digitalized field operations, comprehensive business process management.
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