BRCGS Food Safety: Audit process and findings

Audit process and findings

The BRCGS Food Safety audit process does not end when a preparation folder is sent. Establish scope and applicable rules with the relevant body; assessment connects documents, staff explanations and actual operations. For a finding, distinguish product impact, correction and action preventing recurrence. Preparation consultancy cannot guarantee that independent assessment or a favourable certification decision.

Connecting practice and records

Separate immediate correction, cause analysis and action preventing recurrence. Later production records should show whether the action works. Review new products, lines and supplier changes for their effect on scope and hazards; continuing certification follows official rules and the certification body’s programme.

Example decision: a scope change

Audit example: night-shift changeover cleaning records are unavailable during the daytime check. Separate affected production from the cause of failed record transfer. Correction is not merely printing another form; demonstrate shift-handover responsibility, access to checks and effectiveness in subsequent practice.

Independent decision and consultancy

Kayra Patent consultancy supports scope definition, record organisation and tracking unfinished preparation work. The relevant authorised or scheme approved body performs the audit and makes the certification decision. Separate consultancy and that body’s services in the quotation.

Official sources

Content checked: 3 October 2026. Scheme rules rely on official sources; record structures and work plans are editorial recommendations. Check the complete requirements and the body’s current scope separately.

• BRCGS — Food Safety certification
• BRCGS — Position statements