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  • Audit Title

  • Client / Site

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Location
  • Personnel

  • FeedSafe audit v9

0. Corrective Actions from the Audit

    Add Corrective Actions

1 Feed Hazard Risk Assessment

  • 1.1 Has a site food safety risk assessment been done

  • 1.2 Does the risk assessment use HACCP principles

  • Feed safety elements

2 Premises and buildings

  • 2.1 Site plan available

  • Site plan elements

  • 2.2 Does the site have suitable drainage

  • 2.3 Are roadways maintained in good condition

  • 2.4 Are grounds machinery and buildings cleaned regularly

  • 2.5 Any non-RAM products made on site if so are there seperate receival hoppers

  • RAM & non-RAM elements

  • 2.6 Is there a written cleaning procedure in place

  • Cleaning procedure elements

  • 2.7 Is site security sufficient to stop accidental or deliberate contamination

  • Security elements

  • 2.8 Are ther written procedures controlling both visitors and contractors entering the site

  • 2.9 Is there a written procedure to make all visitors aware of their potential impact on product safety, quality and the environment

  • 2.10 Is there a written and documented pest control program

  • Pest control program elements

  • 2.11 Is waste and contaminated material regularly removed from site

  • 2.12 Is wate and contaminated material controlled

  • Waste control elements

  • 2.13 Can raw materials or finished goods be unloaded / loaded in the rain without significant water damage (mold growth?)

  • 2.14 Is ventillation adequate

  • Ventillation elements

3 Personnel

  • 3.1 Are personnel suitable to the task

  • 3..2 Are employees provided with written duties

  • Personnel elements

  • 3.3 Are employees trained in GMP as it relates to their duties

  • Documented in employee records

  • 3.4 Is there a training program in place

  • 3.5 Are maintenance staff trained to identify equipment faults which impact upon product quality and safety

4 Plant and Equipment

  • 4.1 Is the design and construction appropriate to meet the requirements

  • Pant and equipment elements

  • 4.2 Is the equipment designed and maintained to prevent contamination during the manufacturing process

  • Equipment design elements

  • 4.3 is ther appropriate dust extraction on equipment

  • 4.4 Is equipment designed and installed to allow for routine cleaning, mainteance and inspection.

  • 4.5 Is a preventative mainteance program in use

  • Preventative Maitenance elements

  • 4.6 Are monitoring and/or controlling devices monitored for accuracy and recalibrated when required

  • Monitoring devices elements

  • 4.7 Do appropriately trained personnel carry out the maintenance and calibration of equipment

5 Raw Materials sourcing and pricing

  • 5.1 Is there as documented purchasing program for the purchasing of raw materials and packaging

  • Purchasing program elements

  • 5.2 Is every load of incoming material cross referenced to purchasing documentation

  • 5.3 Does the site maintain a register of compliant raw material suppliers

  • Register elements

6 Raw Material receivals

  • 6.1 Is every load of incoming raw materials cross referenced to purchasing documentation

  • 6.2 Is a record of origin, date of receipt, quantities of each raw material kept on file

  • 6.3 Does the site have a written raw material quality control program

  • Raw Material QC program elements

  • 6.3.1 Are suitably trained or experienced staff assigned to raw material receivals

  • 6.3.1 RM receivals elements

  • 6.3.2 Are the recieval tests appropriate

  • 6.3.2 Receival test elements

  • 6.3.3 Are retentions samples taken and kept for at least three months

  • 6.3.3. Retention sample elements

  • 6.3.4 All packaged raw materials are adequately labelled

  • 6.3.4 labelling elements

  • 6.3.5 are labelling and packaging materials assessed for quality before use

  • 6.4 Are raw materials found to be outside specification clearly identified and appropriately dealt with by authorised personnel

  • 6.3.5.1. Are labels stored securely with use adequately controlled

  • 6.3.5.2. Are bags stored securely with use adequately controlled

7 Raw Material Storage

  • 7.1 Are storage areas designed and maintained to prevent damage to, contamination, unintended mixing, or spoilage of ingredients or packaging materials

  • 7.2 Are storage bins, silos, tanks, and storage areas clearly identifed

  • 7.2 Storage ID elements

  • 7.3 Is there an inspection and maintenance programme for storage silos, bins, tanks, which prevents raw material quality being compromised

  • 7.3 Storage vessel elements

  • 7.4 Are all packaged raw materials stored adequately allowing separation of different raw materials

  • 7.4 raw material storage elements

  • 7.5 Are storage areas clean and tidy and have steps been taken to minimise vermin and bird presence

  • 7.5 Storage areas elements

  • 7.6 are feed additive ( and medications) clearly identified and stored in accordance with labels ( or regulations)

  • 7.6 feed additive and medication storage elements

8 Products / agents on site not used in feed storage, handling or use

  • 8.1 Are hazardous materials such as pest control baits, boiler chemicals, fuel, cleaning agents stored securely away from ingredient handling areas to prevent mistaken use

  • 8.1 Non Manufacturing chemical materials elements

  • 8.2 Are Pest control chemicals controlled

  • 8.2 pest control elements

  • 8.3 Are cleaning agents controlled

  • 8.3 cleaning agents control elements

  • 8.4 Is there any form of inventory controll system for non-manufacturing chemicals

  • 8.5 Are all non-ingredient materials managed to ensure they are not mistakenly incorporated into product

  • 8.5 non-ingredient chemical elements

9 Formulation and manufacturing instructions

  • 9.1 Is there a written formulation master file

  • 9.1 Master file elements

  • 9.2 Do the formulas meet the needs for audit trails

  • 9.2 Formula elements

  • 9.3 Formulation changes done by and authorised person and these are documetned

  • 9.4 is there a written procedure to prevent cross contamination of feeds with incompatible feed ingredients that is verified through inspection, sampling and testing

  • 9.5 Are precautions taken to prevent cross contamination of finshed mixes/products

  • 9.5 cross contamination elements

  • 9.6 Is there a procedure for the labelling, storage, and handling of reworkes and returns

  • 9.6 rework elements

10 Production

  • 10.1 Are there written work instructions for the critical manufacturing process jobs

  • 10.1 Work instruction elements

  • 10.2 Are veterinary chemical products in use registered by the APVMA and dispensed according to veterinary prescription

  • 10.3 Are veterinary prescriptions kept on file

  • 10.3 Vet script elements

  • 10.4 are batching records kept to show product made to formulation

  • 10.5 Are there specified material weighing tolerances and are these monitored

  • 10.6 Are there records to confirm the mixer has been tersted for mixing efficiency in the past 12 months

  • 10.7 Are production records kept for at least 12 months

  • 10.8 Are out loading and packaging systems including Silos, bins and tanks designed and operated to maintain separation of finished product

  • 10.8 Bins and Silos elements

  • 10.9 Are clearly labelled finished product samples taken and retained for at least three months

  • 10.10 Is te person doing the production supervisor and/or manager's role appropriately trained

11 Labelling of Bagged Product

  • 11.1 Are bagged finished goods correctly packaged and labelled at the time of manufacture

  • 11.1 Bagged goods elements

12 Labelling of Bulk Product

  • 12.1 Does the bulk delivery docket/invoice documents meet regulatory requirements

  • 12.1 Bulk goods elements

13 Loading, transport and delivery

  • 13.1 are there loading and delivery procedure for loading bulk and bagged products which ensures loading the delivery vehicles with the correct product without risk of damage, unintended mixing, or contamination

  • 13.2 Is there a formal system of allocating finished product orders to outloading bins and delivery vehicles

  • 13.2 delivery vehicle loading elements

  • 13.3 Are delivery vehicles kept in a clean well maintained roadworthy condition, designed so feeds are kept dry and protected from contamination

  • 13.3 Delivery bvehicle elements

  • 13.4 Feed delivery, clients reminded of responsibility to provide safe and unobstructed facilities

  • 13.4 Feed delivery elements

14 Inspection Sampling and Testing

  • 14.1 Are key staff aware of requirement to allow unhindered access to state authorities for sampling and auditing to TSE ruminant feed ban

  • 14.2 Is sampling of finished product conducted so that samples are sealed, separated and retained for easy retrieval and in appropriate conditions

  • 14.3 Is sample testing adequate

  • 14.3 Sample testing elements

15 Records

  • 15.1 Are records kept to allow finished product trace back of r12 months or more

  • 15.1 Record elements

16 Customer Complaint Investigation

  • 16.1 Is there a customer complaint procedure for registering and investigating problems

  • 16.2 Is there a record of timely resolution of complaints with appropriate corrective and preventative actions

17 Product recall system

  • 17.1 Is there a recall committee with clearly defined memebers and documented responsibilites

  • 17.2 Is there a written product recall procedure and is this linked to tte customer complaint procedure

  • 17.3 Does the recall procedure call for; prompt retrieval from the market place, notification of relevant government authorities, minimisation of disruption ot end users.

  • 17.4 does the recall procedure apply in other cisrumstances like out of specification products

  • 17.5 Does the recall procedure specify methods to identify, locate, and return/isolate/control recalled product

  • 17.6 Does the recall procedure include emergency out of hours contact person/people

  • 17.7 Is the recall system periodically reviewed/tested for effectiveness

  • 17.8 Is each recall incident documented and reviewed to ensure procedure was adequate with a review of manufacturing practices to ensure they prevent reoccurrance

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