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title: "FSSC 22000 vs BRCGS: which do your buyers ask for first in 2026? — LiangduSyrup"
url: "https://liangdusyrup.com/forum/fssc-22000-vs-brcgs-which-do-your-buyers-ask-for-first-in-2026/"
date: 2026-09-20
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# FSSC 22000 vs BRCGS: which do your buyers ask for first in 2026?

We keep seeing buyers name a specific scheme in their supplier questionnaires, and it is not always the same one. Curious how this is playing out across your markets.

- Retail customers in the EU and UK seem to lean BRCGS.
- Some global manufacturers and food-service groups ask for FSSC 22000.
- Others simply say “a GFSI-benchmarked certificate”.

Which scheme does your biggest customer demand first, and has that changed in the last year? Have you ever been asked for IFS instead, and did it matter for the listing?