Introduction to Internal Auditing and Management Training

What is an internal audit?, who is involved in an internal audit?, the benefits of internal auditing, legislation, industry standards, 3 lines of defence, maintaining current systems, monitoring current systems, continuous improvement of current systems, a risk based approach, an auditor's toolkit.

Key things to internally audit, frequency of auditing, creating an audit schedule, creating an audit checklist against standards, preparing for an internal audit, conducting an effective internal audit, roles and responsibilities of the internal auditor.

Evaluation of the objective evidence, investigating different types of non-conformances, root cause analysis, writing non-conformance reports, corrective actions and verifying the effectiveness of corrective actions, communication.

The importance of traceability, scope of a traceability exercise, one step forward, one step back, good traceability practices, mock recall, supplier audits, defining a batch, bulk storage, key contact testing, crisis management.

Audit interviews, ATP hygiene monitoring tests, cleaning in Place (CIP), physical hazards - the 6 P's, foreign body detection and prevention, glass & hard plastics audit, hygiene and fabrication, thermal process validation, verification of Critical Control Points, TACCP & VACCP, food fraud, claims.

Regulatory compliance, quality control, packaging quality checks, prerequisites & GMP, training plans, legionella and water testing, waste review, cyber security, hand washing, food safety culture & whistleblowing, complaints database auditing, storage and distribution, health & safety and maintenance, HACCP document validation, validating flow charts, high-risk foods and groups of people.