Food Company Supply Chain Audit
A food supply chain audit is a systematic assessment of the compliance, sustainability, and food safety management systems of upstream and downstream enterprises in the food industry chain (including raw material suppliers, processing plants, logistics and warehousing, and sales terminals). Through the audit, companies can not only ensure food safety and quality stability, but also improve supply chain transparency, strengthen risk management capabilities, and meet market and consumer requirements for food traceability and sustainability.
Food safety assurance: Reduce food contamination and quality fluctuations and ensure that products comply with domestic and international regulations.
Supply chain transparency: Enhance consumer trust and enable full traceability from farm to table.
Enhanced risk management: proactively identify and control potential food safety and compliance risks in the supply chain.
Market access and competitiveness enhancement: Meeting the audit requirements of international retailers, large chain customers and export markets.
Brand Reputation and Sustainable Development: Demonstrating the company’s commitment to food safety, social responsibility, and environmental protection.
Core Content
1. Framework Standards
Based on the Food Safety Law, HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System), ISO 22000 (Food Safety Management System), GFSI Global Food Safety Initiative and other domestic and international standards.
It covers multiple dimensions of requirements, including quality management, food safety, social responsibility, and sustainable development.
With overall supply chain risk management as the core, establish a closed-loop mechanism for prevention, control, and improvement.
2. Scope of Application
Raw material suppliers: agricultural product planting bases, breeding farms, and raw and auxiliary material suppliers.
Production and processing enterprises: food processing plants, beverage and dairy product plants, and meat and aquatic product processing enterprises.
Logistics and warehousing: cold chain transportation, warehousing facilities, and distribution centers.
Sales and terminals: supermarkets, restaurant chains, food e-commerce platforms.
3. Core Elements
Supplier qualification management: qualification documents, licenses, and compliance checks.
Raw material and product safety: food safety control, traceability system, and testing results.
Production and processing standards: hygiene conditions, critical control point management, record keeping and traceability.
Transportation and storage conditions: cold chain integrity, storage environment, and cross-contamination prevention and control.
Social responsibility and compliance: working conditions, anti-corruption compliance, environmental impact management.
Continuous improvement and supervision: audit frequency, rectification loop, risk assessment and dynamic monitoring.
Review Process
1. Application and Planning:
The company submits its audit request and determines the scope and key aspects of the audit.
2. Document and Data Evaluation:
Review the supplier’s qualifications, management system documents, and compliance certificates.
3. On-site audit:
Verify the on-site facilities, operating procedures and records of supply chain companies.
4. Results Feedback and Rectification:
Issue an audit report, identifying problems and providing suggestions for improvement.
5. Rectification and Review:
After the supply chain companies complete the rectification, the auditing agency will conduct follow-up verification.
6. Confirmation of Conformity and Continuous Monitoring:
Issue a certificate of approval and conduct regular supervision and audit.
SUSTECH's Services
As an innovative technology service company, we can provide clients with the following differentiated services in the process of establishing, implementing, and continuously improving supply chain audits for food enterprises, combining our technological advantages to solve their problems.
1. Supply Chain Risk Diagnosis:
Help businesses streamline their supply chains and identify high-risk segments.
2. Customized audit solutions:
Develop personalized review standards and processes based on the characteristics of each enterprise.
3. Supplier evaluation and guidance:
Assist companies in selecting, managing, and improving the compliance capabilities of their suppliers.
4. Employee and supplier training:
Conduct training on food safety, compliance management, and traceability systems.
5. Digital Traceability Solutions:
Enhance supply chain transparency and controllability through information technology.
6. Brand and marketing value-added services:
Assist companies in showcasing audit results during marketing and customer communication.
SUSTECH
SUSTECH is an innovative technology service company with artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain at its core. We specialize in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) testing, certification, and compliance management, helping companies achieve their sustainable development goals. Through digital and intelligent means, we are redefining the testing and certification industry, making ESG compliance more transparent, efficient, and credible.
Core Advantage: Technology-enabled ESG Compliance
Intelligent ESG Data Acquisition and Analysis
- IoT Environmental Monitoring: Real-time collection of data on enterprise carbon emissions, wastewater discharge, energy consumption, etc., and automatic generation of ESG reports.
- AI carbon footprint calculation: Based on supply chain data, it accurately calculates the carbon footprint of a product throughout its entire lifecycle, in accordance with international standards such as ISO 14064 and GHG Protocol.
ESG Certification and Rating Optimization
- Automated compliance checks: AI compares data against global ESG standards (such as GRI, SASB, TCFD) to identify ESG risks for enterprises and provide improvement suggestions.
- ESG Rating Enhancement Solution: Combining industry best practices, we develop actionable ESG optimization strategies to help companies improve their ESG ratings from MSCI, S&P, and other ranking bodies.
Blockchain-based Evidence Storage and Transparent Traceability
- Tamper-proof ESG reports: All test data is stored on the blockchain to ensure traceability and auditability, enhancing the trust of investors and regulators.
- Supply chain ESG penetration management: Tracking supplier ESG performance to ensure compliance with the requirements of major international manufacturers.
