BRCGS HARA Template | Hazard Analysis & Risk Assessment Pack (Editable Excel)

Your BRCGS HARA template, ready in hours

The Cornerstone HARA Pack is a ready-to-use BRCGS HARA template, built around the hazard analysis and risk assessment requirements of the BRCGS standards. It gives a competent person everything needed to produce an audit-ready hazard analysis and risk assessment in hours rather than days, and to keep it live with a simple yearly rhythm. Pick your industry below and you get a complete pack tailored to it, not a generic template you have to force into shape. New for Issue 5: the Consumer Products pack is the first HARA built for BRCGS Consumer Products Issue 5, where control measures, limits and monitoring apply to every hazard rather than a handful of critical control points.

What you get

• The HARA workbook in editable, macro-enabled Excel: product or service description, process flow, hazard study, quality and critical control points, and the validation and review records, all linked together.
• A full worked example for your industry, so you can see exactly what a completed HARA looks like and the level of detail an auditor expects.
• An editable process flow diagram supplied as a draw.io file, ready to redraw for your own operation, plus the flow shown inside the workbook.
• A how-to guide that walks you through the workbook and, as a bonus, shows you how to run an initial validation and a yearly review meeting.
• An optional multi-select macro for the prerequisite programmes column, so you can pick several controls into one cell.

Choose your industry

• BRCGS Consumer Products (Issue 5): worked example based on a leave-on skin cream, built for the new Issue 5 model where every hazard carries controls, limits and monitoring rather than a CCP decision tree. This premium pack also includes a master PRP and Risk Assessment Manager.
• BRCGS Packaging Materials — worked example based on rigid PET container manufacture, covering foreign body, migration, and contamination controls.
• BRCGS Storage & Distribution — worked example based on a chilled and ambient third-party depot, with the cold chain treated as the critical control.
• BRCGS Agents & Brokers — worked example based on a food ingredients broker, built around supplier approval, authenticity (VACCP) and traceability.

Why this BRCGS HARA template is different

• Built around the current BRCGS requirements, with the likelihood and severity scales, scoring matrix and CCP decision tree already set up.
• A complete worked example in the box, so you are adapting a finished study, not starting from a blank page.
• Validation and an annual review are built in, so keeping the HARA live is straightforward and audit-ready.
• Fully editable and yours to make your own, with clean, professional formatting throughout.

How it works

Describe your product or service, map your process flow, score each hazard by likelihood and severity, confirm your control points with the decision tree, then validate and review. The included guide walks you through every step.

Who it is for

Quality and technical managers at BRCGS-certified sites, new sites working towards certification, and the consultants who support them. If you need a defensible HARA that will stand up at audit without days of formatting, this is for you.

Instant download

You receive a single zip file for your chosen industry, containing the workbook, the worked example, the editable flow diagram, the how-to guide and the optional macro. These templates are provided for you to adapt. They do not constitute legal, regulatory or certification advice and do not guarantee compliance with any BRCGS standard or the requirements of any certification body. Review, customise and approve every document with your own competent and responsible people before use.