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First-Party Audit

Our consultants can provide valuable first-party audit (e.g. internal audit, regular hygiene inspection) services to help clients improve their food safety performance and meet regulatory and customer requirements. We are able to provide a thorough and effective audit that identifies areas for improvement and helps the client improve their operations.

What is First-party Audit?

First-party audit can be used to assess the effectiveness of a company’s food safety management system. First-party audit, an independent, objective evaluation of a company’s food safety management system by internal auditors who are employed by the same company. Internal audits are conducted on a regular basis and are designed to provide feedback to the company’s management on the effectiveness of their food safety management system.

Why is First-party Audit Important?

Internal audit is an important tool in evaluating the effectiveness of a company’s food safety management system and ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and standards.

The purpose of an internal audit is to evaluate the organization’s own food safety management system against a set of internal standards or criteria. The audit may be conducted to ensure that the organization is meeting its own internal requirements or to identify opportunities for improvement in its food safety management system.

What does an ISO consultant do?

Our consultants team have vast experience partnering with organizations of all sizes and from all sectors and can provide the resources that you need for first-party audit.

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Understand clients’ specific needs and requirements for first-party audit. This includes understand clients’ operations, products, processes and applicable regulations and standards.
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Develop an audit plan that outlines the scope, objectives, and criteria of the audit based on the clients’ needs and requirements. It includes identifying the areas that need to be audited, determining the audit schedule, and developing audit checklists and procedures.
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Step 3
Conduct the first-party audit according to the audit plan. This involves reviewing records, interviewing employees, observing operations, and verifying compliance with applicable regulations and standards.
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Provide follow-up support to the client to help implement any recommended improvements or verify corrective actions. This may involve providing training, coaching, or other support to ensure that the client is able to maintain compliance and improve their food safety performance.

We know the importance of understanding the context of your business to ensure the consultancy sessions are efficient and optimized. Our appointed consultants will have the required and relevant experience to support your business needs.

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