Webcast featuring SCS Global Services Heena Patel, Sr. Technical Director and Food Safety Auditor focused on how the food and beverage industry can better prepare for FDA/USDA, GFSI, customer and internal audits
SafetyChain Software, leaders in food safety and quality assurance solutions that Automate, Streamline & Improve FSQA™, along with SCS Global Services, a leading food safety training and certification body, are pleased to announce the availability of the webcast recording: “Food Safety Audit Readiness Best Practices: How Ready are YOU for Your Next FDA/USDA, GFSI, Customer or Internal Audit?”
This informative webcast for the food and beverage industry featured a live interview with food safety auditor Heena Patel, SCS Global Services’ Technical Director and Senior Auditor on a variety of topics. Ms. Patel – who has 20+ years’ experience in food industry audit best practices – shared insights on:
- Top 5 best practices food safety organizations to follow to prepare for successful audits
- What are the biggest food safety program “No-No’s” leading to deductions
- What food safety auditors look for when it comes to demonstrating continuous improvement
- How companies can best prepare for unannounced audits, such as those for Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) benchmarked schemes
- What role audits play in a company’s overall food safety plans
- How food safety software automation solutions can facilitate audit readiness
Questions were also taken live from the audience. All participants received a complimentary copy of SafetyChain Software’s whitepaper: “Food Safety & Quality Assurance Audit Readiness: How to Automate On-Demand Response to Regulatory, GFSI, Internal & Customer Audits.” Access this informative 60-minute webcast recording here.
Commented SafetyChain Senior Vice President and Co-Founder Barbara Levin, “Food safety audits – whether they’re regulatory, GFSI-related, customer-driven or internal – are one of the biggest challenges facing food safety operations today. We were very excited to host this informative webcast, with our partner SCS Global Services, to provide a unique opportunity for the food & beverage industry to gain perspective on food safety audits from the auditor’s point of view.”
About SafetyChain Software
SafetyChain Software – Automate, Streamline & Improve FSQA™ – is the leading provider of Food Safety Chain Management Systems (FSCMS) that help enforce Food Safety & Quality Assurance along a company’s supply chain – for what comes in, what they do with it, and where it’s going next. Its leading FSCMS, SafetyChain for Food, helps food and beverage companies: comply with regulatory, GFSI, customer and internal FSQA requirements; manage approved vendor/supplier programs; ensure FSQA data collection, workflow, processes, and documentation; and create central repository of FSQA data for trending, continuous improvement and audit readiness.
About SCS Global Services (SCS)
SCS Global Services (SCS) has been a global leader in third-party environmental and sustainability certification, auditing, testing and standards development for nearly thirty years. SCS programs span a wide cross-section of sectors, recognizing exemplary performance in food and agriculture testing, food safety auditing, natural resource management, green building, product manufacturing, retailing and more. SCS is a Certified B Corporation™, reflecting its commitment to socially and environmentally responsible business practice. www.scsglobalservices.com