Interpretation of FSMA's standard section 117.475 7 iv. stating that the documentation of an onsite audit must include the conclusion

I am curious what everyone's interpretation of FSMA's standard section 117.475 7 iv. It states that the documentation of an onsite audit must include the "conclusion" of the audit. If we require all of our vendors to provide us with a GFSI certificate, wouldn't this be the conclusion of the audit as they wouldn't receive the certificate without addressing all non-conformance's with appropriate corrective actions? Or do you read this as the entire audit is required? 

Thank you 

Jenna

To my knowledge It means if you conduct an audit for a supplier the documentation with that must include the conclusion, YOUR conclusion, how did the audit go? Results?

If your vendor has a GFSI certificate , would you still conduct an onsite audit? Maybe, maybe not. Up to you. If you do, you still need your conclusion of the audit. 

At a previous job I had a customer come in and audit us, they had their checklist and audit form. That is their conclusion. Although we were SQF certified. But they still came to audit us regardless.

The certificate is not the conclusion of the audit - it is the corrective actions, possible outbrief summary and closure of corrective actions.