BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9, encoded.
The standard United Kingdom retailers ask for, loaded as live requirements: fundamentals flagged, clause by clause, with the traceability test your auditor will time.
ASCloud loads BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9 and Packaging Materials Issue 7 as live requirements, clause by clause, with fundamentals flagged and the traceability test timed. It is the Certification plan at R3,800 per site per month excluding VAT, setup from R5,000 in five working days, with scheme updates included, so the Issue 10 update costs nothing when published. Prices as at September 2026.
The standard, chapter by chapter
How each part of BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9 becomes live records in ASCloud.
- 1Senior management commitmentChapter 1
Culture plan, objectives and management review packs from live data.
- 2Food safety planChapter 2, HACCP
Hazard analysis, CCPs and verification on screen.
- 3Food safety and quality systemChapter 3
Document control, internal audits, suppliers, traceability and complaints.
- 4Site standardsChapter 4
Hygiene, maintenance, pest control and foreign body checks.
- 5Product and process controlChapters 5 to 7
Allergens, labelling, process control and personnel.
Fail the statement of intent of a fundamental clause and no certificate is issued.
Missed checks on fundamental clauses escalate the same day.
Your grade sets your audit frequency and what retailers see.
Every template carries the Issue number it was written to.
Templates and requirement sets are written to BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9 and Packaging Materials Issue 7, and every document shows its issue mapping in the register. BRCGS is developing Issue 10. When it is published, subscribers receive the update with a gap view, included.
The fundamentals get special treatment
The BRCGS toolkit spans 220+ documents and 580+ pages as at August 2026, structured to the standard's own chapters: senior management commitment, the food safety plan, the management system, site standards and product control.
BRCGS marks certain clauses as fundamental. Fail the statement of intent of a fundamental clause and no certificate is issued, whatever your other scores. The system flags every record linked to a fundamental clause and escalates a missed check immediately.
- Senior management commitment: management review packs generated from live data
- Traceability (clause 3.9): with the traceability module, the test runs from linked batch records, on demand
- Internal audits: scheduled, evidenced and trended across the year
- Corrective action: root cause recorded, effectiveness verified, closed with evidence
Four sector packages
Food Manufacturing, Packaging Materials, Storage and Distribution, and Agents and Brokers, each scoped to its own issue and its own audit protocol. Packaging converters: your migration control, hygienic zoning and artwork controls are built into the requirement set from the start.
Three ways to start
BRCGS Issue 9 requirement sets, fundamentals flagged, audit pack by clause.
BRCGS beside FSSC 22000 on the same records and audit trail.
Online on ascfoodsafetytraining.com, self-paced with a certificate.
Prices per site per month, excluding VAT, invoiced in rand. Build your full package to see the first-year cost in your currency.
What the BRCGS auditor asks to see
- Food safety and quality culture plan
- HACCP plan with validation and verification
- Internal audit schedule and results
- Supplier approval and raw material risk assessments
- Traceability test results
- Allergen management and label checks
- Foreign body and metal detection checks
- Corrective actions with root cause
Every one of these lives in ASCloud, dated, signed by a named person and found in one search.
Configured by the people who sit in the audits
ASCloud is set up by ASC Food Safety Consultants, led by founder Mthokozisi Nkosi, with a team that includes more than one lead auditor. The same specialists who prepare South African sites for certification load your standard, your documents and your checklists.
- FSSC 22000 and BRCGS Lead Auditor
- Registered lead auditor with Exemplar Global and IRCA
- SAATCA-registered R638:2018 Lead Implementer (RG003)
- HPCSA-registered Environmental Health Practitioner
- MSc International Public Health, MSc Data Science, MBA, BSc (Agriculture) Food Science and Technology
- Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber Entrepreneur of the Year, 2022
366+ Google reviews across the Gqeberha, Johannesburg and Cape Town offices. Award source: Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber.
Guides, courses and toolkits from ASC
Group dashboard across sites, per-site pricing in writing, and team training on ascfoodsafetytraining.com with a manager dashboard.
Questions we get asked
Which BRCGS issue is loaded?
BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9 and Packaging Materials Issue 7. Issue 10 is in development, and subscribers receive it as an included update with a gap view when BRCGS publishes it.
How does ASCloud handle fundamental clauses?
Every record linked to a fundamental clause is flagged, and a missed check on one escalates the same day to the person you nominate, because failing a fundamental means no certificate.
What does it cost?
The Certification plan is from R3,800 per site per month excluding VAT, setup from R5,000. The traceability module for the clause 3.9 test is R1,690 a month.
Does it produce the audit pack by clause?
Yes. Records export by clause or by date in one step, so the auditor's sample is found in seconds.
Reviewed by Mthokozisi Nkosi, FSSC 22000 and BRCGS Lead Auditor and founder of ASC Food Safety Consultants. Updated 3 October 2026.
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