Food Fraud Vulnerability Assessment

Hi,

I started this company recently. We have audit coming up next month. I am looking to develop food fraud vulnerability assessment for audit. We had audit last year and It was NC for not able to provide it. We are chocolate manufacturing facility.

What database I should use? Do I need to perform assessment for each raw ingredient or Can I group raw ingredients? 

We also use supplier who supply us candies and we just package that. 

Thank you. 

Hi,

I started this company recently. We have audit coming up next month. I am looking to develop food fraud vulnerability assessment for audit. We had audit last year and It was NC for not able to provide it. We are chocolate manufacturing facility.

 

What database I should use? Do I need to perform assessment for each raw ingredient or Can I group raw ingredients? 

 

We also use supplier who supply us candies and we just package that. 

 

Thank you. 

Hi SC,

Standard ?

So you had an audit last year and got an NC for the very thing that you need for an audit coming up in one month?

Assuming I got that right why did you not address this NC?. Why did you wait until now where you have to scramble?

If this is SQF how did they let you off the hook on this big NC?

OK, going back to base, 30 days (even if you have this amount of time) is woefully inadequate to complete the program, implement and expect  an Auditor to pass you on it.

I suggest you call your cb and push back the audit and then work on the program.

Try PWC food fraud vulnerability tool.  Or you can actually create your own assessment to assess your products.  If you go down the route of creating your own, I'd suggest that you have good knowledge in and in your industry an do your research to make sure the assessment created is sound.  Also, I do agree with SQFconsultant, if it was a NC during last years audit, how did you get away with not closing that out within 30 days last year?  

It is not SQF Standard. It is second party audit.

SQF give you 30 days to close out minor NC but this audit you do not have to submit CA till next year. This year we have to have CA for last year NC.

WHERE CAN I FIND THIS PWC?

 

OUR ASSESSMENT PLAN IS:

1.

THAT EVERY MONTH WE MEET AND FOLLOW VARIOUS SITES LOOKING FOR THE COUNTERFEIT OF OUR RAW MATERIALS - WE HAVE A REPORT ON THIS

 

2. THEN WE HAVE A LIST OF RAW MATERIALS AND WE ASSESS THEM ASSESSMENT OF COUNTERFEIT ASSESSMENT

 

3. THEN WE HAVE A LIST OF SUPPLIERS WITH THEIR VARIOUS ASSESSMENTS

 

4. THEN WE ASSESS OUR CONTROLS WHICH WE GENERALLY HAVE AS AVERAGE

 

5. THEN WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN ONE TABLE

THERE IS A PRODUCT OF THE RAW MATERIAL AND SUPPLIER RISK ASSESSMENT, CONTROL MEASURES AND WHETHER IT IS LOW OR HIGH RISK AND A LIMITATION PLAN E.G.

 

STRAWBERRY COMPOT - HIGH RISK WHY THE WEIGHT OF THE DRAIN IS WRONG, IT IS WRITTEN THAT WE CHECK DURING THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PRELIMINARY DELIVERY AND WE ARE ABLE TO DETECT THIS AND THE FREQUENCY THAT WITH EACH DELIVERY.

 

HOWEVER, DURING THE AUDIT, YOU DON'T LIKE IT

 

IS HIGH ADULTITION ONLY MEANING THIS TYPE OF COMPOT AND FROM THIS SUPPLIER OR COUNTRY - THERE HAS TO BE A CASE OF INFLUENCE?

 

CAN'T WE ASSUME THAT COMPOT IS EASY TO FALSE?

 

AND THAT THE MEASURE OF CONTROL IS ASSESSMENT ON DELIVERY AND THAT THE SUPPLIER IS GFSI CERTIFIED?

 

Hi Alutka,

Sorry but there are some language problems, eg see ^^^(red).

I deduce you are talking about Vulnerability Assessment ( = Food Fraud)?

Is this BRC, SQF or ?

What is the Product ??

What is "COMPOT" ?.

ADULTITION = Adulteration ?

"WEIGHT OF THE DRAIN" = Drained Weight ? (This is not a Food Safety Defect ?).

Some BRC examples of Vulnerability Assessment in this thread (there are many, many others on the Forum) -

https://www.ifsqn.co...an/#entry192236

For PWC see Post 5 in above linked thread. (PWC = SSAFE)

Looks like the PWC page is no longer up.  I did find the following link that may help:

https://www.ssafe-fo...assessment-tool