Audits are an integral part of monitoring the system’s effectiveness by taking a technical expert help to further refine your processes.
As the food industry has evolved into a diverse network of channels, the public now days more concerned about food safety. As such, analytical procedures, policies, best practices, and standards need to be thoroughly understood, implemented, and embraced, for the sake of the food produced, but also the reputation and brand value of the company behind it.
We, as your trusted partner, offer a multitude of well-designed services from consulting, trainings & inspection to ensure food product quality, safety and also to maintain a clean and wholesome environment for food preparation and storage. These inspections are performed against worldwide-recognized standards such as FSSAI, WFSG, GMP, GHP, HACCP, ISO 22000 etc.
Our experts are highly competent to evaluate the compliance and performance against your chosen criteria and code of practice in addition to local as well as international standards. We can conduct both announced as well as surprise audits.
A process audit is conducted by reviewing procedures and documents, and asking questions of individuals directly involved in the process. The auditor will also determine if the responses are reliable and aligned with documented policies, objectives, procedures, and records. If the responses are consistent, this is evidence that the system is functioning properly. If the responses are unreliable, then our auditor will continue to search to determine the reason behind variation and to collect evidence which supports the discrepancy. This is known as creating and following audit trails. The auditor seeks to find the reason for the discrepancy and then link it back to the management system and a standard so that the supplier can identify and address the inconsistency.
The auditor responds by digging deeper into the process and other supporting processes. This technique forms an audit trail that allows the auditor to determine whether the organization’s system is effective to manufacture safe food. The audit report then becomes a record of the supplier’s performance on that day with an added indication of how that supplier operates on a daily basis.
When conducting a site visit include psychologically analyzing staff behavior and checking the training of the staff by interviewing/ interacting with them to ensure that they have been trained appropriately for the job and they are competent.
We will check for inconsistencies on records to ensure that the records have not been fabricated in any way by checking for any inconsistencies.
Internal Audits / Gap Assessment
We can conduct gap assessment audits to check your readiness for the final audit. This can help you better understand the requirements and work on them before they show up as non-compliances during the final audit. Periodic audits can also help you in early detection to see if any of the systems have broken down and take corrective actions on the same. We can conduct these audits as per the requirements of the standard you choose or we can customize audit checklist to ensure complied with statutory as well as your client’s requirements.
Our Internal audit programs will assist you in the following ways –
- Improve process efficiencies and reduce waste.
- Better direct valuable company resources where they’re most needed.
- Confirm compliance with your food safety standard.
- Be well prepared for your third-party audit
Supplier Audits
We perform independent assessment to ensure suppliers meet company food safety standard and legal compliance across the supply chain. This will ensure all incoming / bought in raw materials received from the suppliers is as per the required Quality & Food Safety specifications.
Your suppliers are an integral part of your system and it is critical for you to understand their level of compliance. Our auditors have the relevant expertise in food industry and food service sector to perform comprehensive audit and verifies that your suppliers meet your organization’s quality, food safety, environmental, occupational and social responsibility requirements.
Detail report will be shared to improve Food Safety Management System at your Suppliers end to ensure end product is safe and compliance level throughout the chain.
Our supplier audit programs will assist you in the following ways –
- To qualify, evaluate or revalidate your suppliers
- To ensure quality raw materials delivered all the time
- To meet your expectations as per agreed specifications
- To develop sustainable supplier and customer relationship by follow up audits
- To build comprehensive traceability system
- To protect and enhance your brand
HACCP Audit
HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) is a reliable, effective and proactive Food Safety Management System. HACCP ensures the safe production of food by analyzing all types of food hazards including – Microbial, Physical, Chemical and Allergenic hazards and establish control parameters for identified hazards.
HACCP is one of the most globally recognized Science-based Food Safety program and quality systems are still a relatively new concept to most establishments; it is with this understanding that SQFC starts its HACCP program by giving your establishment’s staff the proper training, out of which the HACCP team will be selected based on required qualifications.
HACCP PRINCIPLES
HACCP is a systematic approach to the identification, evaluation, and control of food safety hazards based on the following seven principles:
Principle 1: Conduct a hazard analysis.
Principle 2: Determine the critical control points (CCPs).
Principle 3: Establish critical limits.
Principle 4: Establish monitoring procedures.
Principle 5: Establish corrective actions.
Principle 6: Establish verification procedures.
Principle 7: Establish record-keeping and documentation procedures.
Under the HACCP program, businesses have to monitor points in their processing system that have the potential of leading to a food safety hazard and take appropriate corrective actions when they suspect that a critical level at one of these points has been breached.a
SQFC audit team has extensive experience in the food industry to ensure effective HACCP audit program in place.
Third Party Audits
This audit can be conducted based on the parameters developed by your organization as per food safety standards or according to the customized food safety checklist designed by our experts. This helps in setting up a Food Safety and Quality control system at your chain of restaurants/ outlets/ franchise/ distributor etc to safeguard your brand name.
