Food Audit: What needs to be taken into account?

What should you generally look out for during food audits?

An audit should take into account the following;

• Appendix FSSC is not forgotten, among other services
• Knock-Outs at IFS
• Fundamentals of BRC
• Expectations of management:
  • Audit results are 80% dependent on the auditor
  • Focus with QA on a working system AND do not use the standard as an improvement tool.
  • BRC and IFS are often payment instruments, make sure that on the days of the audit everything is correct and outstanding action points related to the standard have been resolved.
  • Enough QA managers and advisors can go and do something else after an undesirable score.
• Ensure that the food safety culture is measured, as it is part of every GFSI recognized standard
  • As a tool, we designed a Food Safety Compliance scorecard to measure the food safety culture