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"Reintroducing products not in production for more than a year shall be assessed to ensure controls are still effective for changes that have occurred to processes or procedures."

I am hoping to get more clarification on this clause, does this mean If I haven't produced a certain item in over a year, run the specific process in over a year, or run the ingredie...


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So, I am going through my doc review and notice the previous director has a copy of a communication from NSF (our CB) stating that trace exercises are no longer required to be run during the SQF audit. The communication is from July 31st, 2014.

Both of my last audits, the auditor pulled a random item off the shelf during our tour of the retain area and he had ...


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U.S based dietary supplement contract manufacturer here - We have a single potential new customer who is stating we are required to have a facility based TGA certification in order to manufacture one of their skus. Has anyone ever had the TGA come stateside and audit their facility? How much did it cost? (Rough estimate is fine)


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Our company has bathrooms with sinks inside. Our company manufactures labels. For audit purposes, is it necessary to have sinks outside the restroom area in addition to the sinks we already have inside?

The issue is that if an auditor decides to check whether we wash our hands after using the restroom, wouldn’t it be easier to have an additional sink outside so they ca...


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