BRS is a signatory and bearer of the Accreditation - Recognition, a legally binding covenant for the protection of consumers offering food quality and food safety certifications. Thereof, BRS operates on a Platform based ISO/TS 22003:2007 to attest to the requirements for food safety management [ISO/TS 22003:2007 -- Requirements for Bodies Providing Assessment Auditing and Certification of Food Safety Management Systems, such as BRS].

Food Safety Management System (FSMS) ISO 22000 applies to organizations that implement practices, methods, and operations seeking to assure safe handling, processing, packaging, controlling, and otherwise safe food management system. Fulfilling the requirements of ISO 22000:2005 enables an organization to:

• Plan, operate, maintain and update a food safety management system aiming at providing products that are safe for the consumer;
   
• Demonstrate compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory food safety regulations within both the points of origin and point of sale;
   
• Evaluate and assess market and customer expectations while demonstrating conformity with the food safety requirements, as to enhance customer experience;
   
• Effectively communicate food safety issues to stakeholders including contractors, suppliers, customers and relevant parties such as legal authorities within the scope of the food chain;
   
• Ensure that the organization conforms to its own agreements and stated food safety policy and procedures;
   
• Demonstrate conformance against a recognizable and accepted International Management System Standard to interested and relevant parties;
   
• Achieve certificate of registration status for food safety management system by an International Registration Body; and
   
• Pursue continuous improvement against the organization's own indicators of performance.

The BRS ISO 22000 benchmark protocol for registration requires HACCP verification and validation Phase I and Phase II Registration for completing FSMS validation, this is a requirement of ISO/TS 22003 for accredited - recognized certification bodies.