Food Safety System Certification 22000

Auditor Qualification

Jules Rojer – Technical Advisor

Program

• General presentation – 25 mins

• Preparation case study – 5 mins

• Case study – 15 mins

• Group feedback and case study – 25 mins

• Closing conclusions – 5 mins

Content

• V4.1 changes

• Category Extensions

• Maintenance of Auditor Qualification

• Auditor Register

• Update on GFSI Auditor Examination

• Case Study – Auditor Review

Focus during this session

• Impact of changes to scheme requirements

• Reducing the number of errors in the Auditor Register

• Understanding how Auditor Reviews are performed

• Status on GFSI examination

Basic principles of auditor qualification

• The CB is responsible for qualifying the FSSC 22000

auditor

• The CB is responsible for maintaining the qualification of

the FSSC 22000 qualified auditor

• Scheme requirements Part 4 and Annex 5

• ISO/TS 22003 (annex C), ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC

17021-1

• The auditor is qualified for conducting FSSC 22000

audits

Basic Principles

Beware

• FSSC 22000 version 4.1 also contains requirements for:

– Certification manager

– Other CB personnel

• See FSSC 22000 version 4.1, Part 4, section 6

FSSC 22000 V4.1 Changes

New Requirements

• QMS lead auditor (5 day) accepted

• ISO 22000 (8hr) training required if QMS LA

• Food Defense training

• Food Fraud training

• Scheme requirements, ISO/TS 22003 (annex C), ISO

19011 and ISO/IEC 17021-1

• Exams required for qualifying auditor training

• CV shall detail date of joining CB, date of qualification,

updated every three years

Modified Requirements

Reduced

• Work experience from 5 to 2 years

• Audit experience from 15 to 10 days; 10 to 5

audits (one must be FSSC 22000)

• Packaging qualifications simplified

Modified Requirements

Amended

• CB to maintain written training records instead of instruction to auditors

• Witnessed audit to be FSSC 22000 audit

• Witnessing can be by GFSI qualified auditor, AB or Foundation assessor

• Witnessed audit for qualification can be registered as a valid FSSC 22000 audit

• GFSI witness audit requirements

• Category extension clarified

• Lead auditor for FSSC 22000-Quality must be qualified for FSSC 22000-Quality

Category Extensions

Category Extensions

• Clarification

– Annex C of ISO 22003 applies

– Sector specific competence demonstrated

– Education specified (section 8)

– 5 GFSI audits, at least 1 FSSC 22000 audit where 6

months work experience not available

Note: Packaging qualifications for education still apply –

i.e. 30hrs training if no primary qualification held

Maintenance of Qualification

GFSI requires that the FSSC qualified auditor

conducts 5 FSSC 22000 audits annually

(calendar year) to maintain FSSC 22000

qualification

Maintenance

• 5 FSSC 22000 audits per year per auditor

• FSSC 22000 secretariat can grant exemptions

• Annual update in Auditor Register to indicate review of:

– Audit Log

– Training Log

• Witness audit

• Requalification document

• Update CV

• Upload above documents to Auditor Register

Check and update the qualification of FSSC 22000

auditors in January:

• Check the audit log of the previous year

• Check the training log of the previous year

• Check and update the data in the FSSC 22000

auditor qualification database

Monitoring

Auditor Qualification – Desk Reviews

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Auditor Qualifcation Auditor Name CV Training/Experience Auditor Qualifcation Audit Log 5 GFSI Audits/Year

2017 Findings

Auditor Register – Issues Noted

• Front page (dates) not completed regularly

• Dates on front page not matching those of documents

uploaded

• Non-relevant training uploaded

• Hours of training not completed in Initial Section

• All training records uploaded in Continual Training

Section

• Auditor information not validated after it has been

updated

Section Documents

Auditor Competence

CV/resume

Audit Experience Log (pre-Qualification)

Qualification Document per sector/category

Requalification Document per sector/category

Witness Audit Witness Audit Report

Initial Training

HACCP Certificate

FSMS and/or QMS Lead Auditor Certificate

FSSC 22000 Scheme Certificate

PRP Training record

Food Defense training record

Food Fraud training record

Continual TrainingFSSC 22000 Harmonization Day (attendance or CB briefing)

Other training specified by the Foundation

Documents Needed for Desk Reviews in AR

All In English

GFSI Examination

Update on Status of GFSI Exam

• Requirements will be contained in GFSI

Benchmarking document v7.2 (expected Mar18)

• Central, GFSI examination is no longer required

• CBs are required to ensure compliance with Part

IV, Annex V

Case Study

Case Study Learning Objectives

• Reinforcement of auditor qualification and

maintenance requirements

• Understand how an auditor is reviewed as part

of the DR’s, OA’s

• Identification of findings

• Writing findings

• Classifying findings

• In the pack you will find all the evidence that is available to conduct an auditor review on Karen Smedley

– Screen shots from ViaSyst

– Qualification document, CV, training certificates

– Audit logs, training logs

• Karen Smedley works for the CB - Food Chain Integrity Services and is recently qualified as an FSSC 22000 lead auditor

• Your team has 15 minutes to review the information and determine whether the auditor meets the V4.1 Auditor Qualification Requirements

• Please complete the Auditor Qualification Review Report, detailing your findings, any non-conformances (rated) and the references to the requirements

• Elect one person from your team to summarize the teams findings and to provide feedback to the group

Case Study Instructions

Group Feedback

• Model answers

• Discussion

Major NCThe information in the Auditor Register for Karen Smedley (0000-6) does not fully demonstrate that the FSSC 22000 auditor qualification requirements have been met, as follows:

a. The CV is not dated nor does it indicate when the auditor was qualified for FSSC 22000 audits

b. Initial training records were not available for food defense, food fraud

c. No examination records for HACCP, PRP, ISO/IEC 17021-1, ISO/TS 22003:2013 or ISO 19011:2011 training

d. Audit experience is indicated as 4 audits/8 days instead of 5 audits/10 days

e. The witness audit for 25 July 2017 has not been uploaded

f. The information in the AR has not been validated – auditor is showing as “in-progress”

g. The auditor is indicated as being qualified for:a. Category I, however there is no record of the 30hrs training required. No packaging audits

have been conducted to date

b. FSSC 22000-Quality, however there is no training indicated for ISO 9001:2015. No FSSC 22000-Quality audits have been conducted to date

The auditor was qualified on 25 July 2017.

Minor NC

The re-certification audit of Arnotts conducted on 25 July

2017 has not been entered into the ADS. The audit is not

showing in the Audit Experience of the Auditor Register and

this information is pulled automatically from the ADS. The

certification decision date was 20 August 2017, which

would require the information to be uploaded in the ADS by

20 Sept 2017.

References

Part 4 – Requirements for Certification Bodies:

• Section 6.2.2

• Annex 5: Auditor Competence

Website www.fssc22000.com

E-mail info@fssc22000.com

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