Overview: Risk Assessment is a fundamental and intuitive activity that is not new to manufacturing professionals. Bringing consciousness and tangibility to this process is the challenge often faced. A practical guide documenting the process will be the topic of this training. This presentation will take you step by step through the creation of each type of risk assessment required by the BRC. Process and product driven risk matrices will be presented. Sources of supporting documentation demonstrating the rationale utilized to arrive at conclusions will be provided. Quantification of risks and the progression to meaningful programs with defined goals.Why you should attend: Global Food Safety and US audit standards are becoming more and more aligned. While the numbering of items varies from one to the other, the criteria remain largely the same. Preparing for one audit is much like preparing for any other. However, There is a significant difference in the BRC certification requirements called risk assessments.  There is approximately 27 risk assessment required throughout the quality systems standards.  a review of the risk assessments is a critical part of the audit process. Conducting the risk assessments is also required for developing compliant as well as pertinent programs that lead to the achievement of quality systems objectives. What are the risk assessments that are needed and is there a way to tackle this seemingly insurmountable task? A practical approach to simplifying this process will be presented. By understanding the intent and utilizing a systematic process, the documentation of risk assessment can be easily accomplished bringing rigor and relevance to all the elements of the food safety and quality systems as well as facilitating a high performance result in the BRC certification audit.