Some aspects for auditing under IFS Food on most common defective IFS areas to comply with requirements

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IFS Food standard has more than 340 requirements and they must be evaluated and justified in compliance. When we do an audit under the IFS Food standard V6 should use the checklist and for each of the requirements, we must describe as auditor, as is being applied requirement if they are in perfect compliance or if there are defects instead your application. And so, giving a score in each requirement will get the final score.

This article would be impossible to explain how to review each requirement. But I’m going to do a review of those where I usually find most “defects”.

You have to ask … these requirements of the IFS Food standard ??

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HACCP Analysis 2.2.3.7: Description of all PCC. It is important to describe each of the PCC that has the system, with its critical limits and corrective actions associated records established for each violation of target.

HACCP Analysis KO No. 2: 2.2.3.8.1: Description of the monitoring procedure for each CCP. As it is possible to record this KO as N / A, in this case, the auditor shall explain the reasons. But only in the case of not having PCC. We have already seen in the previous point the description. It is difficult but not impossible to find without PCC systems.

Specifications / raw materials KO No. 4: 4.2.1.2: Description of specifications (eg for raw materials, ingredients, additives, packaging materials) that have been checked during the IFS audit. You not have to revise all the specifications, sampling and do not forget to note that you reviewed. But it would be good, that you check several of each group (raw materials, intermediate products, finished, packaging ….)

Specifications / finished products 4.2.1.3: The auditor shall provide the following information: – What specifications have been revised? – What must choose to be representative? Ideally, choose a white label, if applicable. Or in default, select the products being manufactured in the audit day. O you choose to exercise traceability.

4.5.1 Packaging material: description which are used, the kind of material embalajepara final products. It is a detail that should be considered for the description of the scope of audit.

4.9.9.1 Water supply: The auditor shall provide the following information: – When drinking water used comes from different sources, such as an underground drilling. – How the drinking water used is checked, indicating especially if the water is analyzed by the laboratory of the company itself or through an external laboratory? – What tests are performed? In short, check all control of drinking water.

KO risk of foreign materials No. 6, 4.12.1: The auditor shall provide the following information: – The equipment to detect foreign material (eg, filters, strainers, X-ray, metal detection) – Brief description of methods used, – If not available detection equipment, which preventive measures are used, for example, visual detection would be. This is a KO requirement to audit carefully and detail.

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Traceability KO No. 7, 4.18.1: Description of the traceability system and traceability documentation is generated, which would flow to ensure traceability. It will be important to describe the results of the exercise of traceability perform in situ. How to choose the product for traceability exercise? What idea previously buy a product on the market. Complicated, but ideally. And if you can not, then you request a list of sales for a particular month, and then take one or more products at random.

OMG 4.19.1: The auditor shall provide the following information: – Does the company works with products consisting of GMOs, containing GMOs or produced from GMOs? – In case of use of adjuvants, which are not considered ingredients, see if they are derived from GMOs.

Allergens 4.20.1 You must provide the following information: – How the allergens are managed in the company? – What allergens you are present? Check that they have a list of all the allergens that voluntarily or accidentally may be present. And of course if taken into account for the design of the label.

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Removal / recovery of nonconforming products 5.9.2 KO No. 9: You will note that at least must ask, How many withdrawals and / or recoveries have been made since the last audit? – What were the reasons for withdrawal? How they managed? What it was done with the withdrawn or recalled product? And if you have not had any throughout the year, you should ask if there had been any drill.

Some aspects for auditing under IFS Food on most common defective areas

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