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BRC GLOBAL STANDARDS REACHES FAR EAST WITH NEW TRANSLATIONS

30 August 2005

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has today announced it will be releasing a 'Chinese Simplified' translation of its groundbreaking Global Standard - Food and Global Standard - Food Packaging and other Packaging Materials.

The 'Chinese Simplified' translated Standard is for companies who deal with speakers of either the Cantonese, Mandarin or Taiwanese languages, enabling them to work more effectively with their suppliers.

The globally recognised Global Standard - Food helps retailers to make food purchases with confidence from product manufacturers and compliance with the BRC/IoP Packaging Standard sets a benchmark for best practice across the packaging industry.

BRC Head of Technical Services, Kevin Swoffer said: ""As the global reach of the BRC Standards increases, we have recognised the need to publish appropriate Global Standards in languages that will assist suppliers outside the UK.

"The publishing of the 'Simplified Chinese' version is a significant development as it extends best practice into the growing Far East market."

The Standard is most applicable to manufacturers of food packaging for retailers' own labelled products and branded products. Manufacturers have an obligation to put into place appropriate systems and controls to ensure the suitability of their packaging for safe food use.

Since its introduction in 2001, the BRC Standards have become the benchmark by which suppliers are assessed and their levels of competency measured against.



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