Appendix 1A item 4 – Announced but unscheduled Audits of Certified
Organizations
“The certification body will participate in a risk-based programme of office audits
and announced, but unscheduled audits of certified organizations. These audits
shall be carried out in accordance to the GFSI requirements.”
The question arises as to what is meant by ‘announced, but unscheduled audits of
certified organizations’. The GFSI GD Section 2.5.6 gives no further explanation or
guidance, but there is a definition given later in the GD that describes: Unscheduled
Supplier Audits: Audits planned within a defined programme, but without the allocation of
a specific programme date.
We have interpreted this as for a given year we will announce to CBs that we will
"witness" audit an X number of certified organizations. The dates and locations for these
audits will be chosen from the CBs audit schedule (list of audit dates, auditor names and
client locations).