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Food Safety System Certification 22000

Mandatory Audit Report

Robert Readel, Integrity Program Assessor

Content

• Audit report basics

• Audit report template

• Audit report language

• Statements for discussion

Audit report basics

• Audit report is a written record of the audit,

prepared by the auditor

• The FSSC report, shall provide confidence that

the certified organization demonstrably complies

with all Scheme requirements

• The audit report shall enable an informed

certification decision to be made by the CB

Audit report basics

• Audit report shall include reference to objective

evidence to ensure that it clearly expresses

where the processes of the audited site are in

compliance, or not in compliance with Scheme

requirements

• In case where a NC is identified by the auditor,

clear and concise detail of the NC shall provided

in the audit report

• FSSC 22000 does not request a mandatory

template for audit reports

• Audit Data Summaries (ADS) are always

requested

• Full English audit reports are requested on

sample basis for the FSSC Integrity Program

Audit report template

• Report consistency and quality varies with

auditors and CBs

• Uneasy access to audit report: inefficient

retrieval process

• Data monitoring limited to the data entered

through the ADS

Disadvantages lack of audit report template

Advantages of audit report template

• Harmonized audit report content

• Increased audit report consistency

• Facilitate data extraction and analysis

• Used by every auditor for every audit type

• On-line editable and include a tool for simplified

data entering and data consistency

• Data recovery from previous report

• Off-line report available

Audit report language

• Mandatory language is English

• Full audit report generated in the ViaSyst

database or uploaded shall always be in English

• The CB may always issue an audit report in the

native language of the client

Statements for discussion

Statement 1

“A mandatory FSSC 22000 audit report

template is a big advantage for CBs and

their auditors”

Statement 2

“Certified organizations and other

stakeholders will benefit from the mandatory

FSSC 22000 audit report template”

Statement 3

“The mandatory language for the full FSSC

22000 audit report will be English”

Statement 4

“Support by FSSC 22000 to facilitate the

mandatory audit introduction report is key”

Statement 5

“A transition period of one year for the full

introduction of the FSSC 22000 mandatory

audit report is reasonable”

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E-mail info@fssc22000.com

Phone +31 183 645 028

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