Implementing a Food Safety Management System (FSMS) helps organizations strengthen their food safety performance and proactively manage food safety risks. Internal auditing is an essential element of any effective FSMS.

This course provides you with the skills and confidence to plan and conduct internal audits based on FSSC 22000. You’ll learn how to initiate an audit, prepare and carry out audit activities, compile clear audit reports, and successfully complete follow-up actions – adding real value to your organizations food safety management system.

Course aim

This course aims to equip you with the knowledge and practical skills required to effectively plan, conduct, report, and follow-up internal audits against FSSC 22000 Version 7.

You will develop an understanding of audit principles in line with ISO 19011, learn how to evaluate evidence against FSSC requirements (including key areas such as food defence, food fraud, allergen management, and environmental monitoring), and gain the confidence to identify nonconformities, communicate findings, and review and respond to proposed corrective action.

How will I benefit?

This course will help you:

• Prepare, conduct and follow-up on FSSC 22000 audit activities
• Identify and apply the benefits and requirements of an FSSC 22000 audit
• Gain the skills to assess an organization’s capability to manage its FSMS
• Write factual audit reports and suggest corrective actions

Your learning will be through an activity-based, delegate centred approach. This will help you share experiences and knowledge with other attendees; bringing alive the information presented and resulting in enhanced retention and application to your own workplace.

What will I learn?

By the end of this training, you’ll be able to:

Knowledge

• Explain the guidelines of management system auditing according to ISO 19011
• Determine the application of ISO 19011 guidelines to auditing FSSC 22000

Skills

• Initiate the audit
• Prepare audit activities
• Conduct audit activities
• Prepare and distribute the audit report
• Complete the audit
• Conduct audit follow-up activities

Who should attend?

Anyone involved in the auditing, maintaining, or improving an FSSC 22000 FSMS.

This may include staff in operations, technical, quality or management teams.

Duration

2 days

How will I learn?

Our high-impact accelerated learning approach increases learning by improving knowledge retention and skill application. This course is activity-based, resulting in a deeper understanding of the material and a greater impact on job performance.

What will I gain?

On completion, you’ll be awarded an internationally recognized BSI training course certificate.

Prerequisites

You should have a good knowledge of FSSC 22000 and the key principles of an FSMS. If not, we strongly recommend you attend our Understanding FSSC v7 Training Course or the FSSC 22000 v7 Transition Training Course (if you have previously attended a Requirements course to the previous version of FSSC 22000).