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Leading BRC auditor Cert ID has warned that many food manufacturers are not yet up to speed with vulnerability assessments and lack consistency in the type and scope of assessments being undertaken.“Food manufacturers are expected to assess their management of ‘vulnerable areas’ within their supply chain to identify potential food fraud ‘hotspots’. With no coherent format nor approach to vulnerability assessments permits each supplier to ‘do their own thing’ ; the lack of consistency adds up to a major headache for retailers trying to de-risk their business,” explains Richard Werran Managing Director of Cert ID.To tackle inconsistencies, Cert ID’s sister company FoodChain ID has launched a new system which provides food manufacturers and ingredient suppliers with the means to complete an online vulnerability assessment and have it independently assessed. This greatly assists manufacturers, brands and retailers to ‘join vulnerability dots’ and measure their degree of potential exposure. |
