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[Yvonneee]

Hello everyone, I'm new to farm auditing; still getting familiar with the standards and criteria.

 

- Does anyone have a sample audit template they could share? Alternatively, would a GAP auditing template be suitable?

- What are the specific things I should look out for when auditing the edible flower farm?

 

Cheers

 

 

 

[Scampi]

auditing to what standard??

[Yvonneee]

auditing to what standard??

Hi Scampi, which standard should we be looking at to audit an edible flower farm? Will it be under GGAP? 

[SHQuality]

Hi Scampi, which standard should we be looking at to audit an edible flower farm? Will it be under GGAP? 

GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) would be a good place to start auditing a farm, but if you're auditing a business it is usually to see if they meet a specific standard. A lot of companies require their suppliers to have a GFSI recognized certification (BRC, IFS, FSSC 22000, etc). It's probably a good idea to audit against one of those standards, again depending on the actual goal of the audit.

 

Who required the audit and what were they trying to achieve?

[jfrey123]

I imagine a GAP audit is a decent start.  Anything deeper into the ingredient or business as a whole would probably be dependent on the intended use:  if going into a tea, hold them to a standard similar to teas; if intended to be eaten raw as a garnish or salad type ingredient, maybe a standard like a leafy green producer would be suitable.  Just kind of spitballing here...