A packaging plant supplying food and beverage brands is audited on the same evidence as a food plant: a documented hazard and risk management system, prerequisite programmes for hygiene, foreign body and chemical control, supplier approval, traceability of raw materials to finished reels or cartons, and complete, dated records of every check. BRCGS Packaging Materials Issue 7 and FSSC 22000 for packaging, built on ISO 22000 with the ISO/TS 22002-4 prerequisite programmes, both require it. ASCloud loads the packaging requirement sets and runs the records on phones and tablets on the plant floor, from R3,800 per site per month excluding VAT, as at October 2026.
What a packaging audit opens
The hazard and risk assessment for each process step, with the controls for foreign bodies, chemicals, migration and allergens where they apply. Glass and brittle plastic registers. Knife and blade control. Print and artwork approval with the version that ran. Cleaning and hygiene records for the converting area. Supplier approval for substrates, inks, adhesives and coatings with declarations of compliance. Traceability from substrate lot to finished product and customer. Customer complaints and the corrective actions behind them.
Where paper fails in a converting plant
Long runs and shift changes. A reel that ran across two shifts has records in two places. The artwork approval is in the designer’s email and the version on the press is a question. The glass register is signed weekly whether or not anyone looked. The declaration of compliance for an ink is a year out of date in the supplier file. None of it shows until the auditor asks.
What the system does differently
Each check is a scheduled task with a named person and a window, and a missed one escalates. The artwork version is recorded against the job, and the label or print verification is a checklist on the press with a photo. Supplier declarations carry expiry dates with reminders to the supplier. Substrate lots are consumed against jobs, so the trace from a customer complaint back to the reel takes one search. The audit pack exports by clause of BRCGS Packaging or FSSC 22000.
Setup by people who audit packaging
ASC Food Safety Consultants implements and audits FSSC 22000 and BRCGS for packaging manufacturers, and configures ASCloud for packaging sites with the requirement sets, forms and flows the sector uses. Live in five working days for a standard single site.
Packaging records ready for the audit
BRCGS Packaging Issue 7 and FSSC 22000 for packaging on one system, from R3,800 per site per month.
Frequently asked questions
Does ASCloud cover BRCGS Packaging Materials Issue 7?
Yes. The packaging requirement set is loaded as part of the Certification plan, with FSSC 22000 for packaging available on the same records.
Can a packaging plant and its food customer share records?
A customer can be given read access to the records that concern their products, such as print verification and traceability, without seeing the rest of the system.
What about ISO 9001 for packaging quality?
ISO 9001:2026 runs as a module on the same records at R2,800 per site per month, with the integrated audit programme covering both.