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Food Safety Audits

 

The food safety audit is an integral part of your quality assurance program. Its main purpose is to ensure that you are in compliance with the most current regulations, prevent of food borne illness outbreak, and protect you from legal actions and the event of an outbreak. Recall its serves to highlight areas in need of improvement that managers and owners often overlook because of their heavy workloads.

                                                         

Out third party audits are very important as they give you a fresh view into what is going right and what is going wrong. A regularly scheduled internal audit can identify problems before a health department inspection or before an outbreak can occur.

 

Each audit is recorded in our computer generated report which is completed before we leave your facility. Our sophisticated reporting system allows us to group the violations to suit your needs; bt VIOLATION; by EMPLOYEE which is a detailed explanation of each violation by the responsible employee; or by AREA which is a detailed explanation of each violation grouped by areas defined by you. inaddition, the reports will include; a signed confidentiality statement and a list of violations found; a summary of the top 5 issues to work on.

 

 

​Customized Consulting

 

Need guidance on a particular food safety-related issue? We provide consulting services across a broad range of topics, from regulatory compliance to sourcing of imported products.

​Food Safety Program Development

 

Our team will review your current food safety procedures and help with the development of updated processes. We specialize in crisis management, traceability, allergen control, GMP and HACCP programs and SQF certification preparation.

​Food Safety Training

 

Customized food safety training programs can be developed and presented. We can train your supervisors and employees at your convenience, whether in-house or via webinars.

HACCP Plan Development

 

HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) is a prevention based system to assure food safety. It is used throughout the food industry whether to be on a farm, in a manufacturing plant, or in a retail operation. It is a system that identifies and monitors hazards to food and identifies key processes in the flow of food where these hazards can be controlled.

 

A HACCP plan is the written documentation and is based on seven basic principles: 1. Conducting a hazard analysis; 2. Determining the critical control points to reduce or eliminate hazards; 3. Establishing critical limits for each critical control point; 4. Establishing monitoring procedures; 5. Establishing corrective actions; 6. Establishing verification procedures; and 7. Keeping records.

 

Each HACCP plan is customized to your facility. Usually, an initial phone or face to face meeting is set up to determine your needs and expectations. Each plan is developed over a period of time by the HACCP “team”.

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These are the HACCP SERVICES that CQA provides:

 

Comprehensive Write-Up:

 

CQA can come into your facility and work side-by-side with you to write up your comprehensive HACCP Program. You know your facility and product lines, CQA knows HACCP.

 

Validate your Current HACCP Plan:

 

CQA will determine if the current HACCP Program is adequately designed to control unidentified hazards in order to produce a safe product.

 

Verify Your Written HACCP Plan:

 

Is your HACCP Plan working? A verified written HACCP Program is the foundation for any one of the GFSI Benchmarked Standards audits. CQA and HACCP experts can be the outside eyes to determine if your HACCP Plan is working.

 

Present a Principles of HACCP Seminar:

 

ASI can come onsite to your facility and teach your staff the Principles of HACCP or the Principles of HACCP/Codex. During this seminar we will also teach step by step procedures or writing a HACCP Program and can even work with you to write your customized HACCP Program.

​CRISIS MANAGEMENT HELP FROM CQA ASSOCIATES

 

If you have been shut down or your permit has been suspended for food code violations or have “trouble” with the health department, we can help you by working with you and your health inspector to solve the problems. Often, the solutions include representing you in an official hearing at the health department and providing food safety audits that are used as training told for you and assures compliance with the food code for the health department.

​Plan Review

 

We offer full plan review for new construction or remodel of existing plant.

 

A thorough plan review is essential in making sure that you are in compliance with all health department requirements and therefore avoiding costly mistakes. By reviewing and making recommendations for making architectural plans, food safety equipment, menus and all sanitation policies, we can identify potential problems BEFORE costly purchases, installation and construction begins.

 

Not only can we review your plans for accuracy and compliance, but we can assist with health department approval by representing you during the entire process.

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