The health crisis confirms that actors in the food supply chain are constantly facing new challenges in terms of food quality and safety.. In this book written with four hands, Olivier Boutou and Patrick Bottino, experts on these topics, methodically and pedagogically sift through all the themes of food quality and safety audits, going from the most general to the most specific.
We thus find enlightening answers to general questions. What is the best constitution of the audit team? ? What risks and opportunities for an audit ? What are the differences between audit and health inspection? ? What sampling techniques to use ? Does the auditor/auditee relationship change depending on the audit typologies? ? There are also answers to the specificities of the agri-food audit.. How to establish an agri-food audit plan ? How should you audit your suppliers? ? La Food Defense ? La Food Fraud ? How to carry out remote audits ?
Olivier Boutou and Patrick Bottino address the managerial requirements of the audit. How to audit the documentation of a food safety management system ? The management review ? Should we train the auditees? ? What developments can be expected for listeners? ? Finally, as good teachers, their work offers a skills grid to answer the key question : what is a “Top Auditor” ? A timely book with recent developments in IFS standards, BRC and ISO 22000 and all the new issues that have emerged with the Covid-19 crisis.
The authors
Olivier Boutou is an AFNOR Group expert in food quality and safety. It supports organizations in their hygiene initiatives, HACCP, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, Food Defense and crisis management at national and international levels. He is a member of the French standardization commission V01-C “Traceability and food safety – Management and hygiene”.
Patrick Bottino, engineer within the AFNOR Group, ICA certified auditor (Auditor Certification Institute) for 25 years, is the reference auditor on ISO 22000 for AFNOR Certification. He spent his career in the agri-food sector., at Panzani first, in research and development, then at Coca-Cola as quality and environment manager of a production site.
The agri-food auditor’s kit
Olivier Boutou and Patrick Bottino, AFNOR Éditions, 288 pages
