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Showing posts with label Food Safety Survey. Show all posts
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SQF-Unannounced Audits

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

SQF became the first internationally accredited third party third party assessment program through introducing unannounced audits as statement is issued by The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI). 
Salient feature includes
Unannounced audits will included in the next revision of SQF Code,  introduced in Feb 2014 and will be implemented in July 2014. 
Certification Bodies  (SQF Certification Levels) will conduct one announced audit of supplier within Three certification cycle and will start with initial certification audit date
Multisite suppliers will be exempted from unannounced audits.
Unannounced audits shall not conducted with initial or surveillance audits
Supplier certificate will be suspended in case of entry refusal into facility.
Unannounced re-certification audits schedule will not change although supplier changes certification body. 
SQF code protocol, Part A, Section 4.3 and 4.4 (Section 4)  will be followed in unannounced re-certification audit

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UK Food Safety Survey Results

Friday, February 25, 2011

he main food safety issues that concern consumers in Great Britain include food hygiene when eating out, food poisoning and the use of additives in food, according to a new survey.

The UK’s Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) latest consumer tracker survey showed 36% of those surveyed were concerned about food hygiene when eating out, while 29% were concerned about food poisoning and 27% worried about the use of additives in food.

The survey covered four main areas: awareness of the FSA and its responsibilities, trust in the FSA, food-related concerns and awareness of hygiene standards in eating establishments. The key food issues that consumers were concerned with were; food prices (54%), the amount of salt in food (45%) and food waste (42%).

Eighty percent of respondents were aware of the hygiene standards in the places they eat out in or buy food from. The main way people judged the hygiene standards were from the general appearance of the premises (65%), appearance of staff (51%) and its reputation (42%). The survey interviewed 2,105 adults in the UK. The survey has monitored UK consumer attitudes since 2001.

 

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