Karine was the best part of this [SQF] course. It is clear that she is an authority in many processes based on the examples provided. I like that Karine went into detail and spoke of her own experiences. I really enjoyed how she kept everyone engaged.
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points Audit Checklist
At Sirocco Consulting, we specialize in HACCP Plan writing and food safety compliance. Whether you operate a food manufacturing facility or warehouse, we help you achieve HACCP certification with a Codex-compliant HACCP Plan and a PRP/GMP manual tailored to your operations.
Our HACCP Audit Checklist is designed to streamline the certification process. It provides a step-by-step guide to help you assess food safety hazards, verify compliance with PRP/GMP procedures, and ensure that your facility meets HACCP and regulatory requirements. By using this checklist, you can identify gaps, address potential risks, and be fully prepared for your annual certification audit.
Need to meet regulatory or GFSI standards? Our experts will guide you every step of the way. Contact us today to get started!
Who Should Use a HACCP Audit Checklist?
The HACCP Audit Checklist is beneficial for a wide range of food industry professionals, including:
- Food manufacturers and processors: Ensuring compliance with food safety regulations and industry standards.
- Food warehouses and distribution centers: Verifying proper storage and handling of food products.
- Restaurants and food service providers: Maintaining food safety practices in kitchens and preparation areas.
- Food safety managers and quality assurance teams: Monitoring HACCP plan implementation and effectiveness.
- Third-party auditors and consultants: Assessing businesses for HACCP certification and compliance.
By incorporating an HACCP Audit Checklist into routine operations, businesses can improve compliance, reduce risks, and ensure a smooth certification process.
Benefits of Using a HACCP Audit Checklist
A HACCP Audit Checklist is an essential tool for food manufacturers looking to streamline compliance, improve food safety, and pass audits with confidence. Here’s how it helps:
- Ensures Regulatory Compliance: Stay aligned with HACCP principles, GFSI standards, and industry regulations to avoid fines and failed audits.
- Identifies Gaps Before an Audit: Proactively spot non-compliances in your PRP/GMP programs, documentation, and process controls before a third-party auditor does.
- Improves Food Safety Standards: Strengthen hazard analysis, critical control points (CCPs), and corrective actions to prevent food safety risks.
- Enhances Employee Preparedness: Ensures your team understands their food safety responsibilities and is ready to answer auditor questions.
- Streamlines Certification Process: Reduces stress and uncertainty by providing a structured approach to audit preparation.
By using a HACCP Audit Checklist, food businesses can confidently navigate certification audits, maintain compliance, and protect their brand reputation.
How Sirocco Can Help
In need of a HACCP Plan? We deliver your place with 7-10 days
Step 1
Outline Your Food Manufacturing or Holding Process
- Use a detailed flow diagram or process narrative
- Include all inputs and ouputs (Ingredients, raw materials, processing aids, waste)
- Identify all process steps
- Describe your finished food products
- We will discuss product and process details with you to obtain accurate information.
Step 2
Submit Your Process Documentation to Sirocco
Sirocco consultants follow the 12 Steps of the CODEX guidelines to create your written HACCP plan. Your plan is customized to your site, product and process.
Step 3
Receive Your CODEX-HACCP Compliant Plan
The Certified food safety experts at Sirocco Consulting prepare your HACCP plan within 7-10 business days. We review it with you so that you understand the risks and needed controls. Trust the industry experts to ensure your food business follows best and safe practices and food safety regulations.
Next Step
Start by booking a free consultation with our HACCP experts to discuss your project.
FAQs
What is HACCP?
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) is a preventative and systematic approach to food safety. Its principles are internationally recognised. Under HACCP, preventative controls address biological, chemical and physical hazards associated with food handling and production. HACCP principles can be applied at any point of the food supply chain.
What is the HACCP Audit Checklist?
The HACCP Audit Checklist is a structured tool designed to help food manufacturers and warehouses assess their compliance with HACCP principles, PRP/GMP requirements, and food safety regulations. It walks you through critical areas to ensure your facility is audit-ready and meets certification standards.
How does the HACCP Audit Checklist help with certification?
The checklist acts as a pre-audit tool, helping you identify gaps, correct non-conformities, and strengthen food safety measures before your official HACCP certification audit. By following the checklist, you can systematically review critical control points (CCPs), monitoring procedures, training records, and compliance with regulatory frameworks.
What is the cost and turnover time for Sirocco to prepare a Codex HACCP Plan?
Prices start at $1200 USD for one custom HACCP study/one process. It takes our team seven business days to complete and deliver the HACCP plan once we receive and confirm all the information needed about the company’s product and process.
Interested in a review of your existing plan by a HACCP expert? We charge $240 USD per review.
What are Good Manufacturing Practices?
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) provide basic operating conditions, minimal hygienic requirements for the production of safe food. GMPs are internationally recognized and originate from Codex Alimentarius guidelines. GMPs form the pre-requisites or foundation of HACCP. When seeking food safety certification, you need to implement strong GMP procedures prior to developing and implementing a HACCP plan. Interested in a professionally written GMP procedure manual for your business, download our HACCP templates.
What is GFSI?
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is a non-profit organisation that provides food safety leadership and benchmarks private standards to ensure minimum food safety requirements for the global food industry. The GFSI-benchmarked standards incorporate HACCP principles and best practices in quality and food safety management. Standard requirements are designed to meet business objectives such as regulatory compliance, food safety, food security, product quality and continuous improvement.
What Clients Are Saying
We had the privilege of working with Karine at Sirocco Food + Wine Consulting for a gap assessment of our facility to SQF standards. Karine demonstrated exceptional expertise, provided a very thorough and insightful analysis, and really went above and beyond to take the time to clearly explain each requirement and provide suggestions. She developed a comprehensive, actionable report despite a tight timeline, and would highly recommend her services to any organization.
I have had the pleasure of working with Karine for over a year now. She helped our company pass our first SQF audit Ed. 8.1 with a score of 94. For our recertification audit, which was on SQF Ed. 9.0, Karine visited our site and performed a gap assessment. She was able to identify a lot of areas for improvement and with her help our company passed the audit and achieved a score of 96. Karine is really knowledgeable on SQF. She is easy to work with and extremely helpful.
QA Specialist/SQF Practitioner
Blue Ocean Teaz & Herbalz Inc.
We successfully passed our initial HACCP certification audit, without a single finding! While this seemed quite surprising, I then realized that this was due to the thorough gap assessment provided by Sean Xia at Sirocco Consulting, along with additional documentation support.
Sean inspected our facility and dug through all of our systems and records in such detail as to be able to expose all of our issues. We were then provided with our initial HACCP plan and a set of GMP documentation that we were able to edit and integrate with our existing documentation. But these documents were not just provided to us, they were each individually reviewed in a handover that provided further insights. And Sean also made himself available for future questions – such amazing support!
As we proceeded to work through implementation of the new GMP’s and to address all items in the gap assessment, I felt quite confident – albeit a bit trepidatious – about the pending audit. However, on the audit date, things went so much more smoothly than I ever could have imagined.
Thank you, Sirocco!
My company needed to create a more robust Preventative Control Plan than what we had, and I am so thankful to have found Sirocco Food + Wine Consulting. Their templates were just what I needed, and Karine and Sean were readily available to answer my questions and provide guidance when necessary. Karine and her team are highly competent, knowledgeable, friendly, and prompt to respond with help. I can’t recommend them enough!
Oceanside Brands
Karine is such a wonderful teacher. As a student for the PCQI hybrid course I learned a lot from the virtual course but was left with a lot of questions. I was looking forward to the instructor-led course to get some more practice and answers to my questions. Karine was clear and thorough in her explanations. Her consulting business experience gave her a plethora of examples to draw from. I was impressed by her ability to address my questions and give me resources to continue my study. She is very well versed in the regulations required and is up to date on any changes or new publications that may influence your business. She was very accommodating to my needs. I highly recommend taking a class from Karine. She is an expert in her field. I left the class feeling confident in my ability to act as a PCQI and make a positive impact on my company.
Graduate Student
Utah State University
I have been very pleased and satisfied with the SQF Bundle edition 9 developed by Karine Lawrence from Sirocco Food + Wine Consulting.
All procedures (templates) are professionally and beautifully written, saved us a tremendous amount of time, and enabled us to achieve our goal of gaining an excellent score in the audit.
Karine is very knowledgeable, and it has been a pleasure working with her. I highly recommend the SQF Bundle and her consulting services.
Quality Systems Manager
California Packaging Centers
“Karine taught the PCQI course clearly, and at a good pace that didn’t feel too fast. She asked insightful questions that sparked discussions and helped broaden the expertise of those involved in the class, I would recommend it to others.”
Food Safety and Compliance Specialist (Leafy Green Industry)
We have been using the expertise of Karine in the implementation of the SQF program and have always been completely satisfied with her help and guidance. She did an excellent job by directing us to the right resources and to obtain an excellent score in the SQF audit. We have also used the SQF templates available with Sirocco Food Safety Consulting to write our SOPs to comply with the SQF codes. The Spanish templates were very useful in creating SOPs in Spanish to cater most of our employees. I’m happy to recommend the services of Sirocco Food Safety Consulting for your SQF certification needs.
DIRECTOR OF QUALITY
AEGLE NUTRITION LLC
“As a Faculty Instructor in the area of Food Technology, a key course taught in the BCIT programme, is sensory evaluation. Most of it is a hands-on approach with physically applying and calculating the correct statistics associated with the testing. When Karine reached out to me with the opportunity to try out a sensory software programme from Tastelweb©, it enabled the students to look at tests such as QDA and Pivot Profiling Tests in more detail. Its ease of use, ability to conduct on a smartphone and automatic calculation of statistical analysis was a winner with the students! This programme also created very good impactful visuals for easy interpretation even for the non-scientist. Karine was also available to provide backup support for set up and interpretation of the results. This programme provides the flexibility of usage without a contract, especially to a smaller business where cost is a big factor. In addition, exposure to software programmes like Tastelweb© helps build a good portfolio for students graduating in a competitive industry.”
FACULTY INSTRUCTOR, FOOD TECHNOLOGY
BC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY