Approved Suppliers and who to include?
Hello again!
Reviewing our Approved Supplier program and noticed a few things missing, so in the process of updating I am now questioning what else is missing. I am curious if anyone includes any of the following in their Approved supplier programs;
Carrier Transportation Providers
Training services (Food Quality Safety and Health & Safety)
PPE Suppliers
Cold Storage Facilities
Micro Test Labs
Somewhere I had read to only include Suppliers/services that have an impact on the finished product. I am thinking these should all be included in the program, but the questioning "Does the service impact the finished product?" makes me question a few of these.
Hi there,
Yes we include the services you've already mentioned, plus a few others.
I use excel for my approved supplier list - I use a tab for each supplier which include 'Ingredient', 'Packaging' 'Transport' & finally 'Services'
A few others you might want to include under services;
Service Type BRC Body Fire Extinguishers Metal Detection Cleaning Chemicals Pest Control ATP Test Kit/ Swabs Hand Swabbing Lab Tests Courses Food Safety/ HACCP etc Courier service Allergen Testing Waste Transport Pesticide Testing Scale Calibration
Hope this helps,
Yas
Service Type
BRC Body
Fire Extinguishers
Metal Detection
Cleaning Chemicals
Pest Control
ATP Test Kit/ Swabs
Hand Swabbing
Lab Tests
Courses Food Safety/ HACCP etc
Courier service
Allergen Testing
Waste Transport
Pesticide Testing
Scale Calibration
We don't include training or PPE suppliers. Never been challenged. However, we were challenged over lack of packaging and Warehouse/Distribution risk assessment in our assessments.
Those service suppliers are handled under contract suppliers for our program. One exception, any third-party warehouse we audit / inspect ourselves and approve them based on the audit / inspection.
Is this BRC ??
SQF
We have supplier evaluation on:
All raw material suppliers
Packaging suppliers (both with food contact and non food contact)
Transporters
External storages
Sub-contractors
Pest control
Auditors (both for internal audits and BRC)
Machine suppliers/service companies (especially for the CCP machines)
Catering
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