FSMA Fridays: What Constitutes A Good FDA Audit? (Part Four Of Four)

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

On the last Friday of every month, Barbara Levin of SafetyChain, a leading provider of food safety and quality assurance automation and compliance solutions, hosts FSMA Fridays™, the leading online forum for the food and beverage community to learn the latest information about the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Featuring Dr. David Acheson, the popular monthly interactive pod/webcast is sponsored by SafetyChain Software and The Acheson Group.

In the third portion of FSMA Fridays: What Constitutes A Good FDA Audit? Barbara Levin and the Acheson Group Panel handled questions from the pod/webcast’s live audience.  Here in the fourth and final installment of the series, the panel continues to address the audience’s questions.

Barbara: Melanie, you, David, and I have had some very interesting conversations around internal audits. Companies do internal audits because they are looking for ways to do continuous improvement and make sure that they are putting safe-quality food out there.

Ben is saying, “Given that internal or independent auditors are now going to have to report violations or non-conformances to the FDA, do you think this is going to make companies think twice about doing internal audits, and isn't that counterproductive to what the FDA is trying to achieve in the first place, which is ensuring safer foods?” What do you think about that?

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