Production / Medium Risk Area - GMP Spot check

1. Equipment Hygiene:
- Invertors including catch trays
- Filler cabinet - high level, low level, star wheels, cappers, tip tank.
- Line - ihs, taptone, conveyor belts, packers.
- Change parts / change part storage.
- Equipment must not be in contact with the floor.

Rate the standard of hygiene of the Production Equipment (Inverters / Fillers / Conveyors / Packers):

2. Environmental Hygiene:
- Floor areas should be clean with no product build up and not slippery under foot
- Drain baskets should be clean
- Evidence of 'clean as you go' to keep area hygienic
- Low level and High level pipe work clean - no mould or mildew
- Mezzanine / over head lines - no old stagnant water, no excessive dirt build up

Rate the standard of environmental hygiene in the Production Area (Floors / drains / high & low level pipe work / over head lines):

3. Personal Hygiene:
- Hands must be washed and sanitised on entry to production area. (Hands should be washed if hygiene compromised).
- Filler Intervention procedures must be followed - face mask, hand sanitise.
- No personal possessions or jewellery.
- Blue plasters only - must be covered by glove if on hand
- No eating of drinking permitted in production area.

Rate the level of compliance to the Personal Hygiene Policy demonstrated in the production area:

4. Clothing and PPE Requirements:
- White Captive coats are required to be worn by all (including temps / blue for engineers).
- Coats must be worn fully fastened up.
- Hairnets must be correctly worn by all, ears must be covered.
- Beard snoods must be worn by all with growth long enough to pinch.
- Safety boots, ear defenders and eye protection must be worn by all.

Rate the level of compliance to the Clothing and PPE requirements demonstrated in the production area:

5. Foreign Body Controls:
- Evidence of broken glass / brittle plastic
- Loose nuts and bolts found
- Missing nuts and bolts noted (ie empty gaps)
- Pest control issues including anything stored under fly killers
- Miscellaneous foreign bodies in area - ripped cardboard, wood, broken equipment, peeling labels, cable ties etc.

Rate the level of foreign body control in the production area:

6. Engineering & Fabrication:
- Temporary fixes including any 'selotape' engineering.
- Damage to the production line including rust and flaking paint
- Fabrication issues - focus on floor, walls, doors, ceiling.
- Lighting issues

Rate the level of engineering and fabrication issues:

7. Cleaning Equipment:
- Blue - finished product areas, food contact equipment
- Yellow / yellow bristles - finished product area, non-food contact equipment (small shadow boards)
- Yellow / black bristles - finished product area, floor use only (large shadow boards)
- Single use cloths / green scourers discarded after use.
- Cleaning equipment clean and stored hygienically.

Rate the control / hygiene of cleaning equipment in use in production:

8. Records & Document Control:
- Document control visible
- No evidence of poor photocopying (missing text etc)
- Factory pens in use
- Records correctly filled out, in good condition, no crossings out and legible
- No staples in use
- Signed off by supervisor as required

Rate the standard of records and document control in production:

9. Packaging and Product Controls:
- Evidence of change over procedure being followed - packaging clearance between products
- Only the cap colour in use evident in filler
- Cap conveyors covered on tops of fillers
- Product transferred to cold store within 20 minutes of filling
- Packaging not used for anything other than intended use
- Fallen bottles cleared in timely manor (Invertors etc)

Rate the compliance to packaging and product controls in production:

10. Chemical Controls:
- All chemicals correctly labelled
- Correct chemicals in use for application
- Chemical cabinets locked, chemicals stored correctly
- No obvious chemical leaks / oil leaks
- No excessive amounts on grease / lubricant

Rate the compliance to chemical controls in production: