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Act Polyols Private Limited Quality Assurance Department Integrated Audit Checklist

The document is an audit checklist for Act Polyols Private Limited's quality management system. It contains questions to check conformance with requirements for facilities, layout, utilities, and documentation. Key areas covered include identifying interested parties and defining quality objectives, reviewing customer feedback procedures, protecting customer property, identifying third party services that could impact food safety, building design/construction, layout of premises and workspace, storage areas, and monitoring utilities like air, water and energy. The checklist will be used to evaluate conformance and identify any non-conformances or areas for improvement.

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Act Polyols Private Limited Quality Assurance Department Integrated Audit Checklist

The document is an audit checklist for Act Polyols Private Limited's quality management system. It contains questions to check conformance with requirements for facilities, layout, utilities, and documentation. Key areas covered include identifying interested parties and defining quality objectives, reviewing customer feedback procedures, protecting customer property, identifying third party services that could impact food safety, building design/construction, layout of premises and workspace, storage areas, and monitoring utilities like air, water and energy. The checklist will be used to evaluate conformance and identify any non-conformances or areas for improvement.

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ACT POLYOLS PRIVATE LIMITED

Quality Assurance Department


Integrated Audit Checklist

Conformance NA

Section QMS Requirements Remarks


Yes √ No √ √

1
Does Act Polyols has;
 Set the competency criteria of
Hiring?
 Prepared plan for training and the
evaluation of the training
effectiveness?

1.1 All the interested parties are identified?

Does Act Polyos set quality objectives


that are communicated, documented and
1.2 are SMART?

Does Act polyols define method for


obtaining and reviewing customer’s
1.3 feedback?

Does Act polyols protect any customer’s


1.4 or external provider’s property?

Procedure For internal Audit


Procedure for MRM

Conformance NA

Section FSSC &QMS Requirement: Remarks


Yes √ No √ √

Did the organization identified all


1 services √
including utilities, transport and
maintenance which are provided by a
third
part and may have an impact on food
Safety?
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Is there a list of specified requirements


1.1 for
Every each of these services?
1.2 Is this list checked prior to service
Reception?

Is the description of the service


1.3 extended
Enough to conduct the hazard analysis?

1.4 Are these services managed in


accordance with the requirements of
Technical specification for sector
PRPs?
Are supervision of personnel
2 undertaken
to assure the correct application of food

safety principles and practices


Commensurate with their activity?
3 Did the organization assured the √
compliance with all applicable
regulatory

requirements for ingredients and


Materials?

4 Did the organization implemented a


system to assure that analysis of inputs

critical
to the confirmation of product safety is
Undertaken?

ISO/TS 22002-1 , QMS , GMPs requirements

4 Construction and layout of building

4.1 Are buildings designed, constructed


and maintained in an appropriate

manner to the nature of the


processing operations to be carried
Out?
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When the buildings were designed


and constructed were durable

construction principals taken into

Consideration?

4.2 Were potential sources of


contamination from the local
Environment taken into consideration?

Are measures taken to protect against

potential contaminants periodically

Reviewed?

4.3 Are site boundaries clearly identified?


Is the access to the site controlled?

Is the site maintained In good order?


(vegetation, roads, yards, parking
area)
5 Layout of premises and workspace
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Conformance NA

Section FSSC&QMS Requirement: Remarks


Yes √ No √ √

5.1 Are internal layouts designed, √ Internal layouts designed in


constructed and maintained in order
drawing
to facilitate good hygiene and
manufacturing practices?
Are movement patterns of materials, √ Appropriate as per plant design.
products and people, and the layout
of equipment, designed in order to
protect against potential
contamination sources?
5.2 Is adequate space, provided for a √ As per plant design.
logical flow of materials, products and
personnel? Is physical separation
(walls, barriers or partitions) between
raw and processed areas?
5.3 Are pocess area (walls and floors) √
washable or cleanable?
Are the materials of construction

resistant to the cleaning system
applied?
Are wall floor junctions and corners √
rounded in order to facilitate
cleaning?

Are floors designed to avoid standing
water?
Are drains trapped and covered? √
Are ceilings and overhead fixtures
designed to minimize build-up of dirt

and condensation?
Are external opening windows, or
doors, roof vents or fan closed or √ Need improvement
insect screened?

5.4 Are equipment designed and located √


in order to facilitate good hygiene
practices by permiting access for
operation, cleaning and
maintenance?

5.5 Are in-line and on-line test facilities √


controlled to minimize risk of product
contamination?

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5.6 Are temporary structures designed, √ No temporary structures


located and constructed in order to
Designed at all.
avoid pest harbourage and potential
contamination of products?
Are the additional hazards associated
with this temporary structures
assessed and controlled?

5.7 Are storage areas designed or √


arranged in order to allow segregation
of raw materials, work in progress and
finished products?
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Conformance NA

Section FSSC Requirement: Remarks


Yes √ No √ √

Are storage area designed in order to


allow maintenance and cleaning,

prevent contamination and minimize


deterioration?
Are facilities used to store ingredients
and products able to provide
protection from dust, condensation,
drains, waste and other sources of
contamination?
Are storage areas dry and well
ventilated? Is temperature and
humidity monitorized and controled
where applicable?
Are products stored off the floor and
with sufficient space between them
and the walls to allow inspection and
cleaning?
Is a separate storage area available
for cleaning materials, chemicals and
other hazardous substances? Is this
area kept secure (locked or otherwise
access controlled)?
6 Utilities – Air, Water, Energy

6.1 Are distribution routes for utilities to


and around the site areas designed to
minimize the risk of product
contamination?
Is the quality of the utilities monitored
in order to reduse the posible hazard?

6.2 Is the supply of potable water


sufficient to meet the needs of the

organisation?
Are all facilities (storage, distribution
and, where needed, temperature
control of the water) designed to meet
specified water quality requirements?
Is the water used as a product

ingredient (including ice or steam) or


in contact with the products,
controlled to meet the specified
quality and microbiological
requirements relevant to the product?

Is the water for cleaning or


applications where there is a risk of
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indirect product contact (e.g. jacketed

vessels, heat exchangers) controlled


to meet specified quality and
microbiological requirements relevant
to the application?
Are specific checks taken in order to

ensure that the residual chlorine level


in water, at the point of use, remains
within limits given in relevant
specifications?
Is there a separate non-potable water

supply system that is labelled and not


connected to the potable water
system?
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Conformance NA

Section FSSC Requirement: Remarks


Yes √ No √ √

Can pipes through which flows


water, that can come into contact with

the product, be disinfected?

6.3 Is boiler chemicals:


Approved as food additives which
meet relevant additive specifications;
or additives which have been
approved by the relevant regulatory
authority as safe for use in water
intended for human consumption?

Is boiler chemicals stored in a

separate, secure (locked or otherwise


access-controlled) area when not in
immediate use?
6.4 Did the organization establish
requirements for filtration, humidity

(RH%) and microbiology of air used

as an ingredient or for direct product


contact?
If temperature and/or humidity are
deemed critical by the organization, is

a control system put in place and


monitored?
Is ventilation (natural or mechanical)
provided to remove excess or
unwanted steam, dust and odours,
and to facilitate drying after wet
cleaning?
Is room air supply quality controlled to
minimize risk from airborne
microbiological contamination?

Were protocols for air quality


monitoring and control established in
areas where products which support
the growth or survival of

microorganisms are exposed?


Are ventilation systems designed and
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constructed such that air does not


flow from contaminated or raw areas
to clean areas?
Are systems accessible for cleaning,

filter changing and maintenance?


Are exterior air intake ports examined
periodically for physical integrity?
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Conformance NA

Section FSSC Requirement: Remarks


Yes √ No √ √

6.5 Are the gas systems (compressed air,


carbon dioxide, nitrogen and other)

used in manufacturing and/or filling

constructed and maintained in order


to prevent contamination?
Are gases intended for direct or
incidental product contact from a
source approved for food contact use
and filtered to remove dust, oil and
water?
Is the oil used for compressors
(where the air can come into contact

with the product) a food grade oil?


Are the requirements for filtration,
humidity (RH%) and microbiology
specified?
Is the filtration of the air as close as

posible to the point of use?


6.6 Is the lighting provided (natural or
artificial) allowing personnel to
operate in a hygienic manner?
Is the intensity of the lighting
appropriate to the nature of the
operation?
Are light fixtures protected to ensure

that materials, product or equipment


are not contaminated in the case of
breakages?
7 Waste disposal

7.1 Are adequate systems available to


ensure that waste materials are

identified, collected, removed and


disposed of in a manner which
prevents contamination of products or
production areas?
7.2 Are waste or hazardous substances
containers clearly identified for their
intended purpose?
Are waste or hazardous substances
containers located in a designated
area?
Are waste or hazardous substances
containers constructed of impervious
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material which can be readily cleaned


and sanitized?
Are waste or hazardous substances
containers closed when not in
immediate use?

Are waste or hazardous substances


containers locked where the waste
may pose a risk to the product?

7.3 Are provision made for the


segregation, storage and removal of
waste?
Is the waste accumulation not allowed
in food-handling or storage areas?
Is the removal frequencies
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Conformance NA

Section FSSC Requirement: Remarks


Yes √ No √ √

established in order to avoid


accumulations?
Where applicable, labelled materials,

products or printed packaging


designated as waste are disfigured or
destroyed to ensure that trademarks
cannot be reused?

Is removal and destruction carried out


by approved disposal contractors?
Are records of destruction kept?

7.4 Are drains designed, constructed and


located so that the risk of
contamination of materials or
products is avoided? (ex. Drainage
direction shall not flow from a
contaminated area to a clean area.
Drains shall not pass over processing

lines.)
Do drains have sufficient capacity to
remove expected flow loads?

8 Equipment suitability, cleaning and


mintenance
8.1 Is food contact equipment designed
and constructed to facilitate cleaning,
disinfection and maintenance?

Contact surfaces shall not affect, or


be affected by, the intended product
or cleaning system.
Is food contact equipment constructed

of durable materials able to resist


repeated cleaning?
8.2 Are the equipments smooth,
accessible, cleanable surfaces, self
draining in wet process areas?

Are the equipments made of materials


compatible with intended products
and cleaning or flushing agents?
Are the equipments framework not

penetrated by holes or nuts and

bolts?
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Are the equipments piping and


ductwork cleanable, drainable, and
with no dead ends?
Are the equipment designed to

minimize contact between the


operator's hands and the products?
8.3 Are product contact surfaces made
from materials designed for food use

that are impermeable and rust or


corrosion free?
8.4 Are the equipment used for thermal
processes able to meet the
temperature gradient and holding
conditions given in relevant product
specifications?
Are such equipments able to monitore
and control the temperature?
8.5 Are the wet and dry cleaning
programmes documented to ensure
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Conformance NA

Section FSSC Requirement: Remarks


Yes √ No √ √

that all plant, utensils and equipment


are cleaned at defined frequencies?
Are the programmes specifying what

is to be cleaned (including drains), the


responsibility, the method of cleaning
(e.g. CIP, COP), the use of dedicated
cleaning tools, removal or
disassembly requirements and
methods for verifying the
effectiveness of the cleaning?
8.6 Is a preventive maintenance
programme, that include all devices
used to monitor and/or control food
safety hazards, available?
Is the corrective maintenance carried
out in such a way that production on
adjoining lines or equipment is not at
risk of contamination?

Are the maintenance requests which


impact product safety given priority?
Are the lubricants and heat transfer
fluids food grade where there is a risk
of direct or indirect contact with the
product?
Does the procedure for releasing
maintained equipment back to
production include clean up, sanitizing

and pre-use inspection?


Is maintenance personnel trained in
the product hazards associated with
their activities?

9 Management of purchased materials

9.1 Are purchasing of materials which


impact food safety controlled to
ensure that the suppliers used have
the capability to meet the specified
requirements?
Is the compliance of incoming
materials to specified purchase

requirements verified?
9.2 Is there a defined process for the
selection, approval and monitoring of
suppliers?
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Does the process include a


description of how suppliers are
assessed?
Does the process include a
assessment of the supplier’s ability to

meet quality and food safety


expectations, requirements and
specifications?
Does the process include monitoring

the performance of the supplier to


assure continued approval status?
9.3 Are delivery vehicles checked prior to,
and during, unloading to verify that

the quality and safety of the material


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Conformance NA

Section FSSC Requirement: Remarks


Yes √ No √ √

has been maintained during transit?


Are materials inspected or tested to
verify conformity with specified

requirements prior to acceptance or


use?
Is the method of verification
documented?
Are materials which do not conform to

relevant specifications handled under


a documented procedure which
ensures they are prevented from
unintended use?
Are access points to bulk material

receiving lines identified, capped and


locked?
Is the discharge into such systems
taking place only after approval and

verification of the material to be


received?
10 Measures for prevention of cross-
contamination
10.1 Are programmes in place to prevent,
control and detect contamination?
Are measures to prevent physical,

allergen and microbiological


contamination included?
10.2 Are the areas with potential for
microbiological cross-contamination

identified and is there a segregation

plan implemented?
Does the hazard assessment
determine potential contamination
sources, susceptibility of the product
and control measures?
Does this measure include the
following:
- separation of raw from finished or
ready to eat (RTE) products;

- structural segregation (physical

barriers, walls or separate buildings);


- access controls with requirements to
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change into required workwear;


- traffic patterns or equipment

segregation (people, materials,


equipment and tools);
- air pressure differentials?

10.3 Is allergens present in the product,


either by design or by potential

manufacturing cross-contact,
declared?
Is such declaration on the label for
consumer products, and on the label
or the accompanying documentation
for products intended for further
processing?
Is the products protected from
unintended allergen cross-contact by
cleaning and line change-over
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Conformance NA

Section FSSC Requirement: Remarks


Yes √ No √ √

practices and/or product sequencing?


Is the rework containing allergen(s)

used only in products which contain


the same allergen(s) by design or
through a process which is
demonstrated to remove or destroy
the allergenic material?
Did the employees handling food

receive specific training in allergen


awareness and associated
manufacturing practices?

10.4 Are periodic inspection requirements


and defined procedures in case of

breakage available where brittle


materials are used?
Brittle materials, such as glass and
hard plastic; components in
equipment, should be avoided where
possible. Glass breakage records
shall be maintained.
Are measures taken to prevent,
control or detect potential
contamination?
Do such measures include:

a)adequate covers over equipment


or containers for exposed materials or
products;
b)use of screens, magnets, sieves
or filters;
c)use of detection or rejection
devices such as metal detectors or X-
ray?

11 Cleaning and sanitizing

11.1 Are cleaning and sanitizing


programmes established to ensure
that the food-processing equipment
and environment are maintained in a
hygienic condition?
Are programmes monitored for
continuing suitability and
effectiveness?
11.2 Are facilities and equipment
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maintained in a condition which


allows wet or dry cleaning and/or
sanitation?
Are cleaning and sanitizing agents
and chemicals clearly identified, food
grade, stored separately and used

only in accordance with the


manufacturer's instructions?
Are tools and equipment used of
hygienic design and maintained in a
condition which does not present a
potential source of extraneous
matter?
11.3 Are cleaning and sanitizing
programmes established and
validated by the organization to
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Conformance NA

Section FSSC & QMS Requirement: Remarks


Yes √ No √ √

ensure that all parts of the


establishment and equipment are
cleaned and/or sanitized to a defined
schedule?
Do cleaning and/or sanitizing
programmes include:
a) areas, items of equipment and

utensils to be cleaned and/or


sanitized;
b)responsibility for the tasks
specified;
c) cleaning/sanitizing method and

frequency;

d) monitoring and verification


arrangements;
e) post-clean inspections;
f)pre start-up inspections.

11.4 Are CIP systems separated from


active product lines?
Are parameters for CIP systems

defined and monitored?


11. 5 Are cleaning and sanitation
programmes monitored at frequencies
specified by the organization to
ensure their continuing suitability and
effectiveness?
12 Pest control

12.1 Are hygiene, cleaning, incoming


materials inspection and monitoring
procedures implemented in order to
avoid creating an environment
conducive to pest activity?
12.2 Is a person nominated to manage
pest control activities and/or deal with

appointed expert contractors?

Are pest management programmes


documented and do they identify
target pests, and address plans,
methods, schedules, control
procedures and, where necessary,
training requirements?
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Do programmes include a list of


chemicals which are approved for use
in specified areas of the site?
12.3 Are buildings maintained in good
repair with all holes, drains and other
potential pest access points sealed?
Are external doors, windows or
ventilation openings designed to
minimize the potential for entry of
pests?
12.4 Are storage practices designed to
minimize the availability of food and
water to pests?
Is the a procedure about the handling
of the material found to be infested in
such a way as to prevent
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Conformance NA

Section FSSC &GMP Requirement: Remarks


Yes √ No √ √

contamination of other materials,


products or the site?

Are potential pest harbourage (e.g.


burrows, undergrowth, stored items)
removed?
Are the items stored outside protected
from weather or pest damage?
12.5 Do pest-monitoring programmes
include the placing of detectors and
traps in key locations to identify pest
activity?
Is there a map of detectors and traps
maintained?
Are detectors and traps designed and

located in order to prevent potential


contamination of materials, products
or facilities?
Are detectors and traps designed to
be appropriate for the target pest and
of robust, tamper-resistant
construction?
Are the detectors and traps inspected
in a intended frequency to identify
new pest activity? Are the results of
inspections analysed to identify
trends?
12.6 Are eradication measures put in place
immediately after evidence of

infestation is reported?

Is the pesticide use and application


restricted to trained operatives?
Is the process controlled to avoid
product safety hazards?
Are records of pesticide use

maintained to show the type, quantity


and concentrations used; where,
when and how applied, and the target
pest?
13 Personnel hygiene and employee
facilities
13.1 Are the requirements for personal
hygiene and behaviours proportional
to the hazard posed to the process
area or product established and
documented?
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Are all personnel, visitors and


contractors required to comply with
the documented requirements?
13.2 Are personnel hygiene facilities
available to ensure that the personal
hygiene required by the organization
can be maintained?
Are the facilities located close to the
points where hygiene requirements
apply?
Does the site provide adequate

numbers, locations and means of


hygienically washing, drying and,
where required, sanitizing hands
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Yes √ No √ √

(including wash-basins, supply of hot


and cold or temperature controlled
water, and soap and/or sanitizer)?
Need to be installed.
Does the site have sinks designated
for hand washing, whose taps should
not be hand operated, separate from
sinks for food use and equipment-
cleaning stations?
But need improved.
Does the site provide an adequate
number of toilets of appropriate
hygienic design, each with hand-
washing, drying and, where required,
sanitizing facilities?

Does the site have employee hygiene


facilities that do not open directly on
to production, packing or storage
areas?
Need improvement.
Does the site have adequate
changing facilities for personnel?
Does the site have changing facilities Yes – where relevant
sited to enable personnel handling
food to move to the production area in
such a way that risk to the cleanliness
of their workwear is minimized?

13.3 Are staff canteens and designated


areas for food storage and
consumption situated so that the
potential for cross-contamination of
production areas is minimized?
Are staff canteens managed to Need improvement
ensure hygienic storage of ingredients
and preparation, storage and serving
of prepared foods?
Are storage and cooking conditions Temperature monitoring is
(temperatures, and time limitations) required to be done
specified?
Is employees' own food stored and
consumed in designated areas only?

13.4 Do personnel who work in, or enter Uniformed provided.


into, areas where exposed products
and/or materials are handled wear
work clothing that is fit for purpose,
clean and in good condition?
Is clothing mandated for food
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protection or hygiene purposes used


for any other purpose?

Is the workwear laundered to


standards and at intervals suitable for
the intended use of the garments?
Does the workwear provide adequate

coverage to ensure that hair,


perspiration, etc. cannot contaminate
the product?
Is hair, beards, and moustaches
protected by restraints?
Are the gloves used for product
contact clean and in good condition?
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Conformance NA

Section FSSC Requirement: Remarks


Yes √ No √ √

Are shoes use in processing areas


fully enclosed and made from non-

absorbent materials?

Is personal protective equipment


designed to prevent product
contamination and maintained in
hygienic condition?
13.5 Do employees undergo a medical
examination prior to employment?

(Subject to legal restrictions in the

country of operation)
Are additional medical examinations,
where permitted, carried out at
intervals defined by the organization?

13.6 Where permitted by law, are


employees required to report the
following conditions to management
for possible exclusion from food-
handling areas: jaundice, diarrhoea,
vomiting, fever, sore throat with fever,
visibly infected skin lesions (boils,
cuts or sores) and discharges from
the ear, eye or nose?
Are people, known or suspected to be
infected with, or carrying, a disease or
illness transmissible through food
prevented from handling food or
materials which come into contact
with food?
Is personnel, that work in food-
handling areas, with wounds or burns
required to cover them with specified
dressings?
13.7 Is there a procedure regarding the
personnel behaviour in food

production areas that requires them to


wash and, sanitize hands:
a) before starting any food-handling
activities;
b) immediately after using the toilet

or blowing the nose;


c) immediately after handling any
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potentially contaminated material?


Is there a procedure regarding the
personnel behaviour in food
production areas that requires them to
refrain from sneezing or coughing
over materials or products, and that
prohibites the spitting?
Are fingernails kept clean and

trimmed?
13.8 Is there a documented policy that
describe the behaviours required of
personnel in processing, packing and
storage areas? Does the policy
minimum cover:
a) permissibility of smoking, eating,
chewing in designated areas only;

control measures to minimize hazards


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Section FSSC Requirement: Remarks


Yes √ No √ √

presented by permitted jewellery,


such as that worn by personnel in
processing and storage areas, taking
into account religious, ethnic, medical
and cultural imperatives;
c) permissibility of personal items,
such as smoking materials and

medicines, in designated areas only;


d) prohibition of the use of nail
polish, false nails and false
eyelashes;
e) prohibition of carrying of writing
implements behind the ears;

f) maintenance of personal lockers


so that they are kept free from rubbish
and soiled clothing;
g) prohibition of storage of product

contact tools and equipment in


personal lockers?

FSSC & QMS Reqirements


14 Rework

14.1 Is rework stored, handled and used in


such a way that product safety,
quality, traceability and regulatory
compliance are maintained?
14.2 Is stored rework protected from
exposure to microbiological, chemical
or extraneous matter contamination?
Is segregation requirements for
rework documented and met?
Is rework clearly identified and/or
labelled to allow traceability?

Are traceability records for rework


maintained?
Is the rework classification or the
reason for rework designation
recorded (e.g. product name,
production date, shift, line of origin,
shelf-life)?
14.3 Is the acceptable quantity, type and
conditions of rework use specified,
when rework is incorporated into a
product as an "in-process" step?
Is the process step and method of
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addition, including any necessary pre-


processing stages, defined?

Are controls put in place, where


rework activities involve removing a
product from filled or wrapped
packages, to ensure the removal and
segregation of packaging materials
and to avoid contamination of the
product with extraneous matter?
15 Product recall procedures

15.1 Are systems available to ensure that


products failing to meet required food
safety standards can be identified,
located and removed from all
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Yes √ No √ √

necessary points of the supply chain?


15.2 Is there maintained a list of key
contacts in the event of a recall?
Is the safety of other products

produced under the same conditions
as withdrawn products due to
immediate health hazards evaluated?
Is the need for public warnings

considered?

16 Warehousing

16.1 Are materials and products stored in


clean, dry, well-ventilated spaces
protected from dust, condensation,
fumes, odours or other sources of
contamination?
16.2 Is effective control of warehousing
temperature, humidity and other

environmental conditions provided


where required by product or storage
specifications?
Are necessary measures taken to
protect the lower layers where
products are stacked?

Are waste materials and chemicals


(cleaning products, lubricants, and
pesticides) stored separately?
Is there a separate area or other

means of segregating for materials
identified as non-conforming?
Are specified stock rotation systems √
(FIFO/FEFO) observed?
Are gasoline- or diesel-powered fork-

lift trucks used in food ingredient or
product storage areas?

16.3 Are vehicles, conveyances, and


containers maintained in a state of
repair, cleanliness, and condition
consistent with requirements given in
relevant specifications?
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Do vehicles, conveyances, and


containers provide protection against
damage or contamination of the
product?
Is control of temperature and humidity
applied and recorded where required
by the organization?
Is cleaning carried out between loads,

when the same vehicles,


conveyances, and containers are
used for food and non-food products?
Are bulk containers dedicated to food

use only?
17 Product information and consumer
awareness
17.1 Are information presented to
consumers in such a way as to
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Yes √ No √ √

enable them to understand its


importance and make informed
choices?
Are information provided by labelling
or other means, such as company
websites and advertisements?
Are relevant information about
storage, preparation and serving

instructions applicable to the product


available?
18 Food defence, biovigilance, and
bioterrorism
18.1 Are proportional protective measures
available for each site for potential

acts of sabotage, vandalism or

terrorism?

18.2 Are potentially sensitive areas within


the establishment identified, mapped,

and subjected to access control?

Is the access physically restricted by


use of locks, electronic card key or
alternative systems where feasible?

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