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[raindonald]

How would you interpret this question for an SOP development for our Business. Would one say we would need to inspect all individual product. 

 

2.3.2.2

Raw and packaging quality parameters shall be verified upon receipt to ensure they
meet specifications.

 

 

[kconf]

Depends what you mean by "inspecting all individual product". 

 

You generally verify that COA is in compliance. Do visual inspection upon receiving - tears, exposed product, pesticides, foul odor, foreign material, trailer inspection etc.  

[raindonald]

1st thank you!, 2nd -

If a supplier provides a COA for the year would that work as as out visual inspection. 

[Setanta]

1st thank you!, 2nd -

If a supplier provides a COA for the year would that work as as out visual inspection. 

 

Not in my experience. Labels should be checked when new shipments arrive, to ensure there are no misprints or that the manufacturer hasn't gone back to an older version. Since this is your program, you can determine how frequently that is, but a CoA isn't enough if you get labels in more frequently.

 

You can look and take samples monthly, at each new shipment or quarterly, but you should be verifying that the labels are what they should be.

[kconf]

What is meant by "take samples monthly"? 

[Setanta]

What is meant by "take samples monthly"? 

 

You need to check to make sure your labels are printed correctly, yes?

You can determine how often you do that. You can look at a sample of your incoming labels every month, quarterly, or whenever, but you should have someone look at them at receiving.

[raindonald]

Thank you, it is the receiving of Aluminum bottles as a raw material. We're getting ready for our SQF audit currently. This answers have helped. 

[Scampi]

1) being specific in your original question is very helpful

 

2) an annual letter of guarantee is suitable for your bottles PROVIDED you have one for each vendor you may use  and should be part of your approved supplier program

 

3) you should still be inspecting the trailer and random cases to ensure your receiving wholesome packaging materials

 

The answers you received were geared towards ingredients, not packaging 

[Setanta]

Mine were specific to packaging.

 

We would verify that there were no changes made to the packaging we received and that they matched what our USDA labels stated, Now this was a spot check, but we'd pull something every 6 weeks or so and just look to make sure it was the same.

[kconf]

but we'd pull something every 6 weeks or so and just look to make sure it was the same.

 

Tell me more about this exercise. 

[Setanta]

How are you verifying your labels it you don't look at them?

 

When labels would come in, receiving would look to see if they were the most current revision number. There is a spot that asks have you compared to other labels in stock, do they match? Y/N We as QA dept would look to see that was done every month or so.

 

QA (on the floor) would look to see that they were the most recent revision number, (found on that product's paperwork) and the line leads would look to see that they were using the most recent revision number (or Letter)

[kconf]

Neat!