Our site has a external Company doing the sanitation and the external company have numerous documents on how to clean, what to clean , when, and trainings , Do I need a Cleaning & Sanitation Program document SOP for our company just making reference a external company complete the duties or I need just make reference to their procedures?
Would anyone have a procedure I could have a look at? Or maybe some ideas on what I could put in the document?
We planning be certified for SQF ..
Thank you in advance for your help ..
You need their full set of SSOP's, their training matrix - The SQF Auditor (having been one of the first in the US) will want to see that and verify the contracted workers have been trained on your company GMP's for Service Providers (Contractors), the cleaning company would also appaar on your register of service providers.
In addition you need a listing of chemicals they will use in your facility - this list of chemicals would need to have been reviewed and approved by your company and of course you will copies of the MSDS for each chemical used.
Most good external Sanitation companies will provide you with a binder of all the above - many times these "binders" are custom made for each of their clients on a per location basis.
Often times in the past while conducting both SQF and 3rd party audits a representative from the contracted (outside) cleaning company would come in to go over what they provided, their documenation, proof the workers were trained on the facility GMPs for contractors, etc. etc etc and many times a the PCO would send a rep as well with all of their information plus go over the in-house reports.
