Approved Supplier list & Supplier Risk Assessment Document No:AFC/FSMS/02 Issue No:01 Issue Date:10.01.2024

The company shall have a documented supplier approval procedure to ensure that all suppliers of raw materials, including primary packaging, effectively manage risks to raw material quality and safety and are operating effective traceability processes. The approval procedure shall be based on risk and include either one or a combination of:
• a valid certification to the applicable BRCGS Standard or GFSI-benchmarked standard. The scope of the certification shall include the raw materials purchased
or
• supplier audits, with a scope to include product safety, traceability, HACCP review, the product security and food defence plan, the product authenticity plan and good
manufacturing practices. The audit shall ensure that these plans form part of the supplier’s product safety management system and that any resultant actions are implemented.
The supplier audit shall be undertaken by an experienced and demonstrably competent product safety auditor. Where the supplier audit is completed by a second or third party, the company shall be able to:
• demonstrate the competency of the auditor
• confirm that the scope of the audit includes product safety, product security and food defence plan, product authenticity, traceability, HACCP review and good manufacturing practices
• obtain and review a copy of the full audit report
or
• where a valid risk-based justification is provided and the supplier is assessed as low risk only, a completed supplier questionnaire may be used for initial approval. At a minimum, the questionnaire shall have a scope that includes product safety, product security and food defence, product authenticity, traceability, HACCP review and good manufacturing practices. The questionnaire shall have been reviewed and verified by a demonstrably competent person.