ON DEMAND WEBINAR

How to prepare for your SQF Edition 10 audit

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Most SQF sites are treating Edition 10 as a documentation update: new clauses, revised language, a culture requirement to meet. But they’re missing a key part. The bigger change is how the audit itself is run.

Auditors are moving to vertically integrated audit paths, real-time traceability checks, and a format that demands more from your team on audit day than sites have had to prepare for in the past.

In this session, we covered what’s actually changing in how the audit is conducted, and provided a real-world, head-to-head comparison of an Edition 9 audit and an Edition 10 pre-assessment at the same facility, so you can see the risk points before you’re standing in front of an auditor.

Presenters

Gary Smith 
Senior Director, Consulting, Intertek Alchemy

36 years in food safety and a recipient of the SQF Distinguished Service Award. A member of the technical working group for the Edition 10 audit process changes, which gives him a view of the new format from the inside.

“I have sat in every stakeholder seat at the food supply chain table. I’ve been a regulator, a buyer, a manufacturer, an auditor, a consultant, and a trainer. I know everyone’s perspective when they come to issues, standards, regulations, and opportunities.” 

— Gary Smith

James Scanlon
 Associate Program Manager, Intertek 

More than 25 years in food safety, quality assurance, operations, and third-party certification. An Associate Program Manager at Intertek who partners with food manufacturers across North America on GFSI certification, bringing a working knowledge of what it actually takes to prepare for and pass an audit.

“I’ve sat on both sides of the audit table, as a quality leader inside a plant and as the person guiding manufacturers through certification. That gives me a practical read on what actually gets a facility ready, not just what looks good on paper.” — James Scanlon

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