Supplier approval risk assessment

Please someone help me......

I am after some help or even a template for a supplier approval risk assessment

Can u help me

I would like to understand your need. Are you looking for a Supplier Approval procedure and process?

Or are you looking for a risk assessment that will explain you have an alternate procedure that addresses the applicable GFSI code that may require Supplier Approval?

And which standard are you working under?

Hello,

Supplier Approval depends completely upon the type of supplier I think. For Raw Materials we use the following:

Suppliers of raw materials or packaging will be asked to supply the following

A current BRC certificate, audit report and corrective actions.

OR

A current BRC certificate and completed questionnaire

OR

A recognised third party quality system accreditation certificate, audit report and corrective actions.

OR

A recognised third party quality system accreditation certificate, audit report, corrective actions and completed questionnaire

If the supplier does not hold a third party audit accreditation their approval for use will be subject to completion of the supplier questionnaire for non food contact suppliers and completion of the supplier questionnaire and audit for raw ingredients and food contact materials.

For risk assessment to determine action required / infromation supplied for approval we do this by looking at the possible effect the material or service may have on the safety/legality/qualtiy of the final product so certification indicates a reduction of risk e.g. pest control services registered with BPCA are less of a risk than a company that is not. Or a meat producer that has BRC Grade A is less of a risk than one that does not have BRC and then risk assessment would indicate that further infromation such as completion of a supplier audit would be needed before approval. Obviously this also depends on the service supplied, More importance would be palced on a supplier of contact packaging than one who supplies pallet wrap for example.

Hope this helps.

DebD- When you say recognised third party audit do you mean that they must be certified by BRC or an equal entity? The purchasing and approved supplier part just fell into my lap and we're getting ready for a BRC audit in Dec, I have no idea where to start!