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[Simon]

The product safety and quality management system generates a huge number of corrective and preventive actions. Dealing with these in an efficient and effective way is the key to maintaining standards and continual improvement. That's what I think.

The Quality Department should maintain a spreadsheet log of all Corrective And Preventive Actions arising from:

- Customer Audits, 3rd Party Audits and Internal Audits
- Visits from regulatory bodies such as the Health & Safety Executive, Environmental Health, FDA etc.
- Product and Process Nonconformities
- Customer Complaints
- Changes to Customer Requirements
- Changes to Standards and Legislation
- Pest Control
- Microbiological Audits
- Management Review Meetings

A monthly CAPA Review Meeting should be held by management and team leaders to review and update the CAPA log with specific regard to:

- Review progress of outstanding CAPA actions
- Review effectiveness of CAPA actions taken
- Review new CAPA actions raised
- Risk assess and prioritise CAPA actions
- Allocate responsibilities and timescales to actions

If operated properly that's all you need for success.

Please feel free to agree or argue.

Regards,
Simon

[Zeeshan]

The product safety and quality management system generates a huge number of corrective and preventive actions. Dealing with these in an efficient and effective way is the key to maintaining standards and continual improvement. That's what I think.

The Quality Department should maintain a spreadsheet log of all Corrective And Preventive Actions arising from:

- Customer Audits, 3rd Party Audits and Internal Audits
- Visits from regulatory bodies such as the Health & Safety Executive, Environmental Health, FDA etc.
- Product and Process Nonconformities
- Customer Complaints
- Changes to Customer Requirements
- Changes to Standards and Legislation
- Pest Control
- Microbiological Audits
- Management Review Meetings

A monthly CAPA Review Meeting should be held by management and team leaders to review and update the CAPA log with specific regard to:

- Review progress of outstanding CAPA actions
- Review effectiveness of CAPA actions taken
- Review new CAPA actions raised
- Risk assess and prioritise CAPA actions
- Allocate responsibilities and timescales to actions

If operated properly that's all you need for success.

Please feel free to agree or argue.

Regards,
Simon

Agreed 100%.

Many organizations treat CA/PA as mere documentary requirement. No one sees this system as a must-have tool for continual improvement.

Regards:
M.Zeeshan

[Simon]

Many organizations treat CA/PA as mere documentary requirement. No one sees this system as a must-have tool for continual improvement.

It appears so.

[Simon]

BTW how do you manage the masses of actions that come into your organisation resulting from the food safety / quality management system?

I would be interested in fidning out how members control these in an efficient and effective way.

Regards,
Simon