PREMISE AUDIT
Premise Audit or Factory Audit is a must for food industry. The audit can be conducted by the health department, halal authority, government authority or from the customers.
They will be several category of audit depending on the needs of the relevant party.
Let me share wit you the several types of audit conducted and what are the auditors looking for during the audit process:
CATEGORY OF AUDIT
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Audit conducted by Health Department on the premise
- Safety aspects : Physical , Chemical and Microbiological contamination
- Cleanliness of premise
- Workers Flow
- Factory Process Flow
- Factory Layout
HALAL AUTHORITY
Audit conducted by Halal Authority on the premise
- Ingredients list and content
- Raw Material Suppliers
- Packaging Suppliers
- Transportation / Logistics
- Factory Process Flow
- Cross Contamination
- Cleanliness of Premise
GOVERNMENT AGENCY
Audit conducted by Government Agency on the premise on the compliance of the premise.
- Factory Layout
- Workers Flow
- Emergency system flow
SUPPLIER AUDIT
Audit conducted at the supplier premise to check on good purchase is compliance to specification.
- Product Specifications / MSDS
- Factory Layout
- Cleanliness of Premise
- Warehouse Management System
- Organization Chart
- Transportation / Logistics
CUSTOMER AUDIT
Audit conducted by customer at the premise
- Product Specifications / MSDS
- Factory / Premise Layout
- Cleanliness of Premise
- Warehouse Management System
- Organization Chart
- Transportation / Logistics
You can even make use of the list of audit criteria, be prepared of the documents needed and places will be checked and monitor by the auditor in case you need to audit your customers or suppliers in the future.
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