Why is Auditing so Important? The food industry has seen unprecedented technological advancements, significantly enhancing operational efficiency and reducing costs. More importantly, these ...

KANSAS CITY, MO. – The coronavirus is fundamentally changing the way the food industry thinks about all kinds of processes and procedures — including, in many cases, food safety outbreaks. The ...

Mandatory government food safety audits of leafy greens farms under the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement are continuing during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the process could soon be conducted ...

There is a lack of trust in remote audits from some in the food industry, according to an expert who looked into the subject for the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). Solely remote audits are not ...

If your business fails a food safety or operational audit, it can often be panic inducing and, for management, the goal often is to fix the situation as soon as they possibly can. Quite regularly, ...

In 2006, California made headlines -- and not in a good way. A nationwide E. coli outbreak was linked back to a farm in San Juan Bautista, a small city of fewer than 2,000 people about 100 miles ...

Internal Audit identifies all auditable activities and relevant risk factors, and assesses their significance through an annual risk assessment, utilizing the Committee of Sponsoring Organization's ...

Internal auditing is a process that organizations, including nonprofits and businesses of all sizes, use to analyze and improve internal procedures. The scope and frequency of internal audits depends ...

A semi-annual or annual internal audit allows you to gauge the effectiveness of your business's internal control system. Unlike an external audit, which focuses on determining whether financial ...

Annual Audit Plan – An annual audit plan is developed by the Director of Internal Audit based on a university-wide assessment of risk and where Internal Audit can make the greatest impact. Input from ...