http://www.ifsqn.com...22-wood-policy/
That is the page it's on, though I read what you posted and asked my QA manager for a risk assessment form.
He took me through the process of assessing risk for the whole factory and showed me what has been done, as well as the reports of two
Audits which have been done recently and the list of non conformities....I think they are called.
I'm pretty new to this and just been made QC so learning but my QA manager has just been employed and seems really experienced. His aim is to bring the factory upto international standards and ultimately BRC I understand.
There's different kinds of pallets we use mostly chep blue ones but at least 25% are damaged in some way and the other weaker pallets leave wood chips constantly! after reading what I have now I'm thinking of controls and documentation, inspections and cleaning, my QA suggests this is something I can do so for a start I can make sure only good pallets are around the production corridors and storage areas, over time I may be able to eliminate wooden pallets from production rooms. There is a wooden pallet that our glass jars come on which is wrapped in quite a strong plastic and we'll contained, perhaps i could suggest boundary lines for it in the packing room.
Our ingredients room also has wooden pallets in it, I've read that it can be ok as long as open bags etc are put into a container and they are cleaned and inspected, so plastic pallets are considered expensive but isn't everything to a business lol, does anyone know the price exactly?
does anyone know where I could find examples of the documents for inspecting, cleaning etc wooden pallets.