Audit

How it is used

Food plants face internal audits, supplier audits, customer audits and certification audits against standards such as BRCGS, IFS, FSSC 22000 or ISO 22000. Auditors raise findings or nonconformities, which the site must close with corrective actions. Audits can be announced or unannounced.

Example sentences

1. We passed the BRCGS audit with an AA grade and only three minor nonconformities.

2. The customer audit is next Tuesday, so please make sure all records are complete.

Common collocations

• internal audit
• unannounced audit
• pass an audit
• audit finding
• certification audit

Related terms

• nonconformityA failure to meet a requirement, such as a specification, a procedure, a standard or the law, found in a product, a process or during an audit.
• corrective actionThe steps taken when something goes wrong, such as a missed critical limit or an audit finding, to deal with the affected product and stop the problem from happening again.
• good manufacturing practiceA set of basic rules and procedures for buildings, equipment, staff, hygiene and documentation that make sure food is produced consistently and safely.
• HACCPHazard Analysis and Critical Control Points: a preventive system that identifies food safety hazards and controls them at specific steps of production, based on seven principles.
• traceabilityThe ability to follow a food and its ingredients through every stage of production, processing and distribution, one step back to the supplier and one step forward to the customer.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• audit · Software Engineering
• audit · Cybersecurity
• audit · Blockchain & Crypto
• audit · Industrial Engineering & Manufacturing
• audit · Finance & Banking
• audit · Accounting & Tax
• audit · Public Administration

More terms: Regulations and Standards

• recall
• Codex Alimentarius
• maximum residue limit
• food fraud