Good day all,
I have a question regarding an overflow warehouse that we store food grade materials in. We use the third party warehouse for temporary overflow. I did a risk assessment as required by SQF in 13.6.1. They are not a food grade warehouse, but do not pose a food safety risk based on my audit. They are lacking pest control and light coverings. They do not store food or hazardous materials.
My question is concerning inspections. If we direct ship to the outside warehouse and do not conduct an inspection are we in compliance? The way I interpret the code is that outgoing shipments of food grade packaging (finished goods for us) need truck and product inspections. The code does not mention incoming material inspections. Am I understanding this correctly?
We have an incoming and outgoing log for all loads. The materials directly sent to the OS warehouse will not be on the incoming log. The last few audits we have had, the auditor reviewed these logs. If I am missing an entry I do not want to get a non-conformance.
TIA for any input :-)