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Certification Status

• Suppliers who have met the requirements of the BRC Technical Standard shall be graded as
  
  

Grade	Critical or Major non-conformity against the statement of intent of a fundamental requirement	Critical	Major	Minor	Corrective action	Audit frequency
A			0	10 or fewer	Objective evidence in 28 calendar days	12 months
B			1	10 or fewer	Objective evidence in 28 calendar days	12 months
B			0	11 to 20	Objective evidence in 28 calendar days	12 months
C			2	20 or fewer	Re-visit required within 28 calendar days	6 months
C			Fewer than 2	Up to 30	Re-visit required within 28 calendar days	6 months
D					Certification no granted
D					Certification not Granted Re-audit required
D				3 or more	Certification not granted. Re-audit required
D			2	21 or more	Certification not granted Re- audit required
D			Fewer than 2	31 or more	Certification not granted Re- audit required

Certification will not be granted and therefore no grade shall be awarded if corrective action is not completed or evidence of completion is not received by the certification body within the 28 calendar-day timescale.

The certification body shall justify a high number (more than 20) of minor non-conformities where there is either one major non-conformity or none. This shall be detailed on the audit report.