The company shall undertake a documented risk assessment of each raw material or group of raw materials including packaging to identify potential risks to product safety, legality and quality. This shall take into account the potential for:
- allergen contamination
- foreign-body risks
- microbiological contamination
- chemical contamination
- substitution or fraud
The approval and monitoring procedure shall be based on risk and include one or a combination of:
- certification (e.g. to BRC Global Standards or other GFSI-recognised scheme)
- Supplier audits, with a scope to include product safety, traceability, HACCP review and good manufacturing practices, undertaken by an experienced and demonstrably competent product safety auditor
or, for suppliers assessed as low risk only, supplier questionnaires.