Environmental Monitoring in Food Plants: Finding Contamination Before It Reaches the Product
How to design a risk-based environmental monitoring programme with zoning, target organisms, sampling plans and clear responses to positive results.
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Supplier Verification and Second-Party Audits: A Risk-Based Approach
How to classify suppliers by risk and choose the right verification tool: questionnaire, certificate, second-party audit or on-site inspection.
FSSC 22000 Version 6 Upgrade Audits Have Started: A Practical Checklist
Since 1 April 2024, FSSC 22000 audits are carried out against Version 6. Every certified organisation must complete its upgrade audit by 31 March 2025.
Climate Change in Every Management System: The ISO Amendments of February 2024
In February 2024 ISO amended its management system standards, including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 22000, to add climate change to clauses 4.1 and 4.2.…
Building a Risk-Based Internal Audit Programme That Adds Value
How to plan internal audits around risk, process performance and past results, so they find real problems before the certification body does.
ISO/IEC 42001: A Management System Standard for Artificial Intelligence
ISO/IEC 42001 was published in December 2023. It is the first certifiable management system standard for organisations that develop, provide or use artificial intelligence.
Root Cause Analysis: Corrective Actions That Stop Problems Coming Back
Why problems return after corrective actions are closed, and how a structured root cause analysis turns nonconformities into lasting improvement.
ISO 9001 Will Be Revised: What Certified Organisations Should Know Now
In 2023 the ISO committee responsible for ISO 9001 decided to revise the standard. Nothing changes for certified organisations yet, but the direction is worth…
FSSC 22000 Version 6: New Requirements on Culture, Quality Control and Food Waste
Version 6 of FSSC 22000 was published in spring 2023. Audits against it start on 1 April 2024, and all certified organisations must be upgraded within…
The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive: Why Suppliers Outside Europe Should Care
The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive entered into force in January 2023. Companies in its scope will ask their suppliers for environmental data, and…