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

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