Hi everyone,
We are in the process of certifying 16 plants within the same organisation. So far we managed 9 certifications (SQF2000, level 2) with a few minor non conformances. Last week one of our auditor raised a non-conformance for not having customer specifications for "In Process" product that are transfered from one plant to another.
These "In Process" product are liquid dairy byproduct (ie: liquid whey), that are send to other facilities to be dried and packed in 25kg bags and 1000kg totes and then sold to clients.
My questions are the followings: "Does SQF consider the liquid whey to be an "In Process Product" or a "Finish product" for the first facility? Since this product will be transformed within the same organisation do we really need customer specification or can internal specification be sufficient? We already have the internal specification, but our auditor insisted that we needed finish product specifications for customers (under SQF Code 4.3.6.3) since the first plant (seller) is shipping to a second plant (buyer).
Or can we object to that the observation?
Thanks
DenisB
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