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Olive Care Auditing / Internal Review
When the OliveCare or equivalent program has been implemented it needs a "new pair of eyes" to look over it to see that the story of what happens in the business is reflected in practice.
There are three steps to an Olive Care audit:
1. Desk top audit.
This is where the Processor or its nominated auditor looks through the paperwork to make sure it is complete and includes all the components required by the industry standard against which it will be measured e.g. Food Standards Code or Olive Care If the paperwork is not up to scratch it would be a waste of time visiting the premises. At this stage the Olive Care auditors make a checklist of items they want to view during the next stage, the on site audit.
2. On site audit.
This is where the Processor or its Nominated Representative visits the premises. Meetings are held at the beginning of the audit to explain to the proprietors what will happen during the audit and also at the end of the audit to report any findings. During the audit, the auditors need to gather enough objective evidence to demonstrate that the business has put in place the actions described in the Olive Care program. This is achieved by talking to staff, making observations and looking through records.
3. Report.
The auditors will prepare a written report of the findings in which items discussed at the end of the on site audit are documented. The report will include:
- · Non conformance reports - these identify places where your story and your practices did not match up. For example, you might have said that a procedure included steps A, B, and C, but the procedure actually observed may have included only steps A and B. Either the food safety program needs updating or the procedure needs to be amended!
- · Advisory findings - these are suggestions to help improve the efficiency of the program and may include combining forms to reduce paperwork or increasing frequency of monitoring to improve safety.
- The Olive Care program contains living documents that must be continually updated to truly reflect what is happening in the Olive Grove. Therefore, businesses are encouraged to perform their own first party audit (an internal audit) to check that everything is up to date and working. In addition, at least an annual audit by the Olive Processor is recommended.
Many large companies require their suppliers to have food safety programs based on HACCP principles that are audited by a third party. These are seen to be the most objective and truly independent assessments of what happens at an Olive Processor
The 2 Day Training Course provides a Person with the skills to successfully Audit or Verify and Validate that the Olive Care Program is in place and is actually working.
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