Feed Mill Quality Audit

Are grounds maintained (equipment stored properly, litter and waste removed, weeds and grass within immediate vicinity of facility are trimmed to not harbor pest)?

Are driveways, yards, grounds and parking areas maintained so they are not a source of contamination or pest harborage ?

Is there adequate drainage on grounds so sitting water is not a source of contamination or pest harborage ?

Is the facility suitable in size, construction, and design to facilitate cleaning, maintenance and pest control ?

Is adequate lighting provided ?

Are light bulbs, fixtures or other glass items shatter proof ?

Is there a policy in place to clean up broken glass so it does not become a food safety hazard ?

Are areas over and around bulk animal food and ingredient controlled to eliminate harborages of pest ?

Are pit covers being used to prevent contamination of incoming ingredients ?

Is the plant clean and orderly ?

Are pest control practices effective ?

Are rodent bait stations numbered and covered ?

Does management take reasonable precautions to ensure that all people working in direct contact with animal food are Qualified Individuals ?

Is there documentation that all Qualified Individuals have education, training, or experience or combination thereof, necessary to manufacture, process or fold safe animal food as appropriate to the individuals assigned duties ?

Do Qualified individuals store clothing and other personal items outside the manufacturing area ?

Are necessary precautions to protect against the contamination of animal food, or animal food contact services being taken ?

Is a visitor log present ?

Is the visitor log being used for every visitor (Mountaire Farms Employees, Contractors, and Guest of Mountaire Farms Employees) that does not work on site ?

Is the visitor SOP followed for each visitor that comes on site ?

Are all visitors given proper PPE ?

Are signs present direction visitors where to sign in ?

Is the animal food or ingredients stored in bulk outdoors being checked regularly for pest, pest infestation, and product conditions ?

Are the building, structures, and fixtures clean and maintained ?

Are animal food - contact and non - contact surfaces of utensils and equipment clean, maintained and stored to protect against contamination of animal food ?

Are containers for trash properly labeled ?

Is there evidence of areas that are not cleaned regularly ?

Are empty drug or micro ingredient bags discarded properly so they are to not be used for clean up for floor sweeping ?

Is the building, equipment and floors reasonably clean to not cause food safety hazards ?

Is trash stored and disposed of properly ?

Are the cleaning compounds stored properly to not cause a food safety hazard ?

Do you have a written housekeeping program ?

Does your housekeeping program include regularly scheduled clean up and maintenance of the facilities exterior and grounds ?

Does your housekeeping program include formal documented housekeeping self - inspection ?

Do you have documented follow-up procedures to your housekeeping inspections ?

Are both management and facility employees preforming housekeeping inspections ?

Is the overall cleanliness of the facility under the supervision of one or more competent individuals assigned responsibility for this function ?

Are cigartte buds placed in the proper place ?

Do you have a scale house area that is under the feed mills control ?

Is water safe for its intended use and drawn from an adequate source ?

Is running water at a suitable temperature and pressure ?

Does the facility provided employees with sufficient and accessible toilet systems that are kept clean and well-maintained ?

Does the facility provided hand washing facilities to prevent employees' hands from becoming a potential source of contamination ?

Are equipment and utensils designed and constructed of such material and workmanship to be adequately cleaned and properly maintained ?

Are all equipment and utensils designed, constructed and used appropriately to avoid the adulteration of animal food with non-food grade lubricants , fuel, metal fragments, contaminated water, or any other contaminants ?

Is the equipment is installed in a way that it can be properly and safely maintained and cleaned ?

Are all animal food contact surfaces made of nontoxic materials that withstand the environment of their use, the action of animal food and the action of cleaning compounds, cleaning procedures and sanitizing agents and maintained in a way to protect animal food from being contaminated ?

Are all holding, conveying, manufacturing and processing systems, and maintained in a way to protect against the contamination of animal food ?

Are there instruments and controls used in measuring, regulating, and recording temperature or other conditions to control or prevent the growth of undesirable microorganisms ?

Are they accurate, precise, adequately maintained and adequate in number for their designated purpose ?

Is compressed air or other gas mechanically introduced into animal food or used to clean animal food contact surfaces or equipment used in such a way to protect against the contamination of animal food ?

Are animal foods and ingredients held in appropriate places that protect from the contamination of pest, chemicals and other products ?

Are unpacked or bulk animal food and ingredients held to protect against cross-contamination ?

Are feed delivery trucks designed and constructed of appropriate materials and maintained to protect against contamination ?

Are feed delivery trucks properly cleaned or flushed ?

Are feed delivery trucks inspected to protect against cross contamination before loading ?

Do the animal food labels follow AAFCO suggestion which contains the instructions on safely feeding the intended animal species ?

Does you facility accept returned product ?

Do you have a procedure to control the product coming back into the facility ?

Are scales serviced and documented each quarter ?

Are scale inspections records maintained for at least two years ?

Are liquid meters checks preformed at least monthly and documented ?

Are micro scales checked weekly and documented ?

Are truck scales checked weekly and documented ?

Are flushing and sequencing procedures for batching followed and documented ?

Are flushing and sequencing procedures for feed delivery followed and documented ?

Is the flushing procedure followed 100% of the time ?

Is there proper disposition of the flush material ?

Has a cross contamination study done for batching operations been completed in the past year ?

Has a cross contamination study done for feed delivery completed in the past year ?

Are drugs properly identified, handled, stored and controlled to maintain integrity ?

Is the drug usage accounted for by means of physical inventory for each production day ?

Do drug inventory records agree with the calculated usage ?

Are drug variation of more than 5% investigated and corrective actions noted ?

Is a daily bag dump sheet being completed daily by the personnel dumping bag ?

Are micro bins labeled on both the lid and side ?

Is the lid of the micro bin attached ?

Are mirco bins closed when not in use ?

Are all torn drug bags taped, weighed, product loss documented and stored properly ?

Are all micro ingredient bins weighed or measured daily whether or not that have been used ?

Is the micro bin area clean and orderly ?

Are at risk bags documented ?

Are there any at risk bags in inventory ?

Are there any micro ingredients in inventory past their expiration date ?

Are there any drugs in inventory that are expired ?

Are FDA drug assays current ?

Is the first batch or run assayed when a new drug is used for the first time ?

Are the drug assay records organized and easy to find ?

Are adequate investigations and corrective actions taken when assay results are out of tolerance ?

Do weight tickets with medical feed labeling accompany all shipments ?

Are the feed tags printed on weigh tickets checked against the Master Record File to verify their accuracy and initialed as approved ?

Does each medicated feed formula have a master record file ?

Do mill production formulas agree with the official formula supplied by the nutritionist ?

Are mill production formulas initialed and dated by two authorized personnel ?

Are canceled master formula files kept for a minimum of one year after the last production date ?

Are canceled master formula files dated and in initialed when they are taken out of production ?

Are production records reviewed and initialed by a responsible person to determine if all the production steps have been preformed ?

Are mixer profile samples being submitted to the correct the lab per the sample schedule ?

Are the targeted pellet mill temperatures of 185 - 190 being achieved ?

Are corn grind particle size test being conducted weekly ?

Are finished feed moistures and PDIs preformed daily for each line ?

Are starter feed sieve tested complete while starter is running to ensure crumblers are set properly ?

Is their complaint investigation file ?

Are complaints investigation reports completed and maintained on file ?

Are complaint file investigation reports done for FDA drug assays that are out of compliance ?

Are all incoming ingredients sampled prior to unloading per SOP?

Are retained samples kept for at least 15 weeks before discarding ?

Are all in facility quality checks preformed and documented prior to the shipment being unloaded ?

Do unloading operators closely inspect the first initial material unloaded for contamination ?

Are procedures being followed for torn, ripped or damaged bags and or drugs prior to receiving ?

Is FIFO (first in/ first out) procedures being followed for bagged ingredients ?

Do QC employees double check hook up prior to unloading being imitated ?

Do QC employee check and lock the liquid ingredient tanks after the supplier has left ?

Are spills or areas left in bad condition reported to management ?

Are shippers providing a form with each load declaring that no hazardous products have been previously hauled ?

Is there a written Mock Recall program in place ?

Do you have a written recall policy in place ?

Have you ever had to complete an FDA Recall

Is all animal food accurately identified ?

Are adequate precautions taken so that facility operations do not contribute to contamination ?

Do you have a written or automated preventative maintenance program ?

Do you keep documented history and/or maintenance logs on equipment ?

Do you have written or automated predictive maintenance program ?

Do you track production and document downtime related to maintenance issues ?

Are employees trained on feed mill, company and job specific SOPs and GCMPs ?