DS Smith Packaging Continues to Set High Standards in Food Packaging as Sheet Feeder Receives BRC/IOP Accreditation

Companies throughout the DS Smith Packaging division have already set the pace in standards of hygiene with plants like Bristol, Clay Cross, Neath and Launceston amongst first packaging manufacturing sites to be accredited with the BRC/IOP Food Standard. Now, continuing in this pioneering tradition, DS Smith Converters has become one of the very first dedicated sheet feeders to receive this important hygiene accreditation.

Companies throughout the DS Smith Packaging division have already set the pace in standards of hygiene with plants like Bristol, Clay Cross, Neath and Launceston amongst first packaging manufacturing sites to be accredited with the BRC/IOP Food Standard. Now, continuing in this pioneering tradition, DS Smith Converters has become one of the very first dedicated sheet feeders to receive this important hygiene accreditation. The BRC/IOP Food Standard is the Technical Standard for Food Packaging Manufacturers, developed jointly by the British Retail Consortium and the Institute of Packaging. It sets out certain hygiene and quality requirements for packaging manufacturers supplying the food industry and is increasingly regarded as a necessary qualification, especially as the retail industry itself was closely involved in developing the standards.