Food Regulatory Compliance Auditing

Service summary

A scoped review of food business controls against identified applicable regulatory requirements. The audit examines how responsibilities, operating practices and records support compliance within the agreed product and activity boundaries.

The service highlights observed gaps for management consideration and action. It does not provide a legal opinion, replace official inspection or grant product registration, operating permission or regulatory acceptance.

Key objectives

• Assess identified regulatory control requirements
• Examine responsibilities and supporting records
• Evaluate selected operational implementation
• Identify material compliance evidence gaps

Methodology

An agreed requirement matrix is applied to selected food activities, with the jurisdiction, evidence basis and exclusions clearly documented.

• Define jurisdiction, products, activities and the regulatory criteria to assess.
• Confirm the currency and applicability of the agreed requirements.
• Review licences, responsibilities and relevant compliance records.
• Observe selected operations and interview responsible personnel.
• Trace evidence against the requirement matrix and product scope.
• Evaluate discrepancies and discuss factual findings with management.
• Report observed gaps and distinguish them from authority determinations.

Key outcomes

References: [G04]

• Scoped regulatory audit report
• Requirement-to-evidence matrix
• Observed compliance gaps
• Documented exclusions and limitations