Supplier audits

Secure the entire supply chain

The food safety requirements are growing. Customers, consumers and authorities are increasingly demanding food be treated with care. The focus on food safety and quality must be maintained from agriculture to table and throughout all stages of the food chain. As a food business, the quality of your products and services depends not only on your own management systems and routines. They are also to a great extent influenced by whether your suppliers, transporters, storage companies, etc. has the same priority of good workflows, hygiene management and food safety. An inspection / audit in the back of the supply chain can strengthen and maintain focus on essential elements that are important for food safety. Bureau Veritas Supplier Audit is a concrete tool for this. Focus will be:

• Though review based on the HACCP principles
• Handling of food, personal hygiene, cleaning and maintenance, pests and waste
• Possibility of expanding with the company's own focus areas
• Reporting with an overview of all units, overall evaluation and score

Supplier audits could be according to the GFSI Global Market Program.

The benefits of supplier audits

• An independent review of suppliers' performance in areas of importance to food safety

• An effective tool for managing suppliers

• A clear report, where the supplier's performance is assessed on a point scale. This can be used both internally and externally

• Possibility of comparison and benchmarking of different suppliers

• Improvement areas are designated, and focus maintained over time

• Closer cooperation with selected partners

• The inspection / auditor increases the documentation for the hygiene conditions and reduces the risk of negative publicity

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