SUPPLIER AUDITING

A Three Day Course

Course Outline

For

All personnel required to perform supplier audits.

Purpose

To enable course members to:

• Schedule, plan and prepare for supplier audits
• Identify potential food safety and hygiene problems
• Effectively perform supplier audits
• Recommend suitable corrective actions
• Report findings clearly and concisely

Content

• An introduction to supplier audits
• Scheduling audits
• Audit planning and preparation
• Opening meetings
• Audit performance
  • Questioning techniques
  • Audit trails
  • Auditor qualities and behaviour
  • Potential problems and audit pitfalls
• Recording the audit
• Audit scores
• Nonconformance and corrective actions
• Closing meetings
• Audit reports
• The BRC technical standard
• Identifying food safety hazards
  • Microbial
  • Physical
  • Chemical
  • Allergenic
• Preparation and performance of live audits
• Presentation and review of findings
• Close

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