Just realized the post is from 2019, lol, but will share our recent audit experiences.
We're in the meat industry and completed a 4 day CFIA Section 4 audit and an SQF audit recently. Both were intense, but because the SQF audit is only two days, the auditor worked through fairly quickly as long as he/she observed written requirements and records were compliant. With CFIA I find we're under the microscope even more.
CFIA: Items covered were all CCPs (4 for us), preventative maintenance program (randomly selected two pieces of equipment), calibrations, formulations and food additives, allergen control/management, sanitation (chemicals including chemicals concentrations/titrations, Letter of No Objection documentation, etc.), pest control, employee training, building maintenance, supplier approval. Also, in our operation we start at 5 a.m. to assemble the lines and the auditor wanted to see everything BEFORE assembly to do a pre-op inspection WITH his flashlight. He also was in and out of the plant during operations.
The auditor will make notes on all his findings and communicate them to you verbally at the end of the audit; HOWEVER, if there are any serious non-conformances and a CAR (corrective action request) is issued then EVERYTHING, i.e. ALL his findings will be written into the CAR and you will be expected to implement corrective actions, root cause analysis, preventative measures and show effectiveness of preventive measures.
SQF: we were put through a recall and traceability exercise for 3 ingredients to be completed within 2 hours. He looked for risk analysis on almost everything.
Hope this helps some folks. Good luck!
Edited by Alleycat7770, 25 March 2021 - 04:34 PM.
