Third-Party Food Safety Certification Auditing

Third-Party Food Safety Certification Auditing Marie-Claude Quentin, Senior Technical Manager at the Global Food Safety Initiative, explains how it is troubleshooting issues of trust in auditing and certification processes.  With sudden and significant disruptions in the audit processes during the pandemic, third-party food safety certification has faced one of its most challenging times. However, this period of disruption has served to highlight the significant and increasing threats that…

Adopting Strategic Audit To Improve Audit Quality

Strategic To Improve Audit Quality Hadi El Cheikh, Quality Health and Safety Executive at Veolia Water Technologies, Middle East, explains how a strategic approach can lead to a more successful audit on the assessment day. Most of us will still remember the times when the third-party auditor(s) came and met the quality management representative to…

Changes And Impact of ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety Management System

Changes And Impact of ISO 22000 As the standard for food safety management systems undergoes a major revision, Ian Dunlop, CQP FCQI, explains the most significant changes. As the European Union announces its intention to hold a crisis meeting in the wake of yet another food safety incident (Fipronil egg scandal, August 2017), national populations…