𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄? (BRCGS FS issue 9 - clause 1.1.2)

During your BRCGS FS v9 audit, the auditor will assess your business 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 & 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 (𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝟭.𝟭.𝟮).

❗ The auditor will NOT provide a score or a compliance status about the maturity of your business FS&Q culture.

❗ They are NOT there to say ‘your business FS&Q culture is great, weak, or not good enough’.

👁️ The auditor will look and assess ‘𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻’ and whether the company is giving itself the means to be on an 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵 regarding the FS&Q business culture, no matter where that improvement journey started from.

👁️ The auditor will therefore want to see 𝟰 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 during the audit:

1️⃣ Did the site carry out and document 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗦&𝗤 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲? (ideally this involves a combination of staff surveys and/or interviews, review of the site performance against the existing FS&Q KPIs, and observations of food safety related staff️ behaviours)

2️⃣ From that initial assessment, did the site 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 designed to support and improve the FS&Q culture? (this should include clear activities with timelines and responsibilities listed, as well as a record of each activity completion status and an explanation as to how the efficiency of each activity will be measured and monitored)

3️⃣ Is the 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗜𝗣 (𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀)? Has it effectively started? (regardless of whether it is a 2-year plan, a 5-year plan etc, is there evidence that some of the activities planned have indeed happened?)

4️⃣ Has the site been 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 to be able to see what works well, what works not so well, what adjustments need to be made ? (the auditor will want to see minutes of the review meetings and ‘next steps’ agreed).

🌀 So, to sum up, what the auditor is verifying during the audit, as far as clause 1.1.2 is concerned, is that 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗗𝗖𝗔 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 (𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻-𝗗𝗼-𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸-𝗔𝗰𝘁) 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗦&𝗤 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗜𝗦 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆.

I hope this helps 😊

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