We can help you to make sure your business is 100% compliant with a quick and easy food auditing process that is designed to allow you to keep your business going as we do it!
Finally... A Quick and Easy External Food Safety Audit process to Make Sure Your Company is Legally Compliant.
The Gourmet Guardian have been providing regulatory External Food Safety Audits throughout Australia since 2004. At the Gourmet Guardian, we conduct two types of external audit:
Regulatory Food Safety AuditAudit requirements and frequency are dependent on individual state legislation.
All External Food Safety Auditors that are employed by The Gourmet Guardian are certified with Exemplar Global as well as the following state regulators:
We know that you are a Busy with a Business to Run. That is why we will only ever supply you with auditors who have practical industry experience and understand what it takes to certify your Food Safety Program without hassle or interruption to your business.
HACCP Certification Audit
So what do we do?
The Bottom Line
What all of this really means is that you can share in our little known safe food and quality assurance secrets and meet all of your HACCP or industry specific regulatory requirements in a way that is convenient to you
The Gourmet Guardian have been providing regulatory External Food Safety Audits throughout Australia since 2004. At the Gourmet Guardian, we conduct two types of external audit:
- Regulatory External Audit (against the Food Standards Code and state based requirements), and
- HACCP Certification Audits
Regulatory Food Safety AuditAudit requirements and frequency are dependent on individual state legislation.
All External Food Safety Auditors that are employed by The Gourmet Guardian are certified with Exemplar Global as well as the following state regulators:
- Queensland Health;
- Victorian Department of Health;
- New South Wales Food Authority;
- Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services;
- Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.
We know that you are a Busy with a Business to Run. That is why we will only ever supply you with auditors who have practical industry experience and understand what it takes to certify your Food Safety Program without hassle or interruption to your business.
HACCP Certification Audit
So what do we do?
The Bottom Line
What all of this really means is that you can share in our little known safe food and quality assurance secrets and meet all of your HACCP or industry specific regulatory requirements in a way that is convenient to you
Regulatory Audits
Unfortunately in Australia, each state has different regulatory requirements for Food Safety Audits. The Gourmet Guardian currently conduct External Food Safety Audits audits on businesses including:
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If your industry is not listed above, then be safe in the knowledge that we have over 20 different industry categories of food businesses that we are approved to conduct External Food Safety Audits in including:
The legislative requirements in Australia differ from state to state so it is best that you contact us to discuss your specific needs. Before you call though, please be aware that in Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland, you can use any of the regulator approved Food Safety Auditors and you don't need to let the regulator know that you are changing.
In New South Wales however, you must get approval from the NSW Food Authority to transition across from the NSWFA conducting the audit, to an approved Third Party Auditor. You must have achieved an A or B rating in two consecutive audits and also complete the application form and submit to the NSWFA. If you do not have approval, you cannot have an approved third party conduct the audit. To make it easy for you, the application form can be downloaded.
So what do we do?
Prior to conducting an External Food Safety Audit, we would we would provide you with an audit plan and Food Safety Audit checklist. The audit checklist helps you prepare for the audit and allows you to gather and check all of the information we need to make the audit as quick and seemless as possible.
During the audit we look at:
During the audit we look at what you are doing now and compare it to the criteria set by the individual state based Food Acts, Regulations and Standards regulating this area. You will gain unbiased expert advice about whether or not you are presently complying with legal standards and you will get simple easy steps to 'close the gap' so that you are 100% legally compliant so that you are 100% legally compliant.
The relevant state regulators audit report will be completed on site during the audit. If a printer is available, the audit report will be printed or emailed whilst onsite, otherwise the audit report will be emailed to nominated contact when the auditor returns to the office.
- Vulnerable Person audits in Victoria, NSW, Queensland and Tasmania;
- Class 1 businesses in Victoria;
- Class 2 businesses (with a non standard Food Safety Program) in Victoria;
- Caterers in Queensland (including onsite and offsite catering);
- HACCP Audits (See below).
The legislative requirements in Australia differ from state to state so it is best that you contact us to discuss your specific needs. Before you call though, please be aware that in Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland, you can use any of the regulator approved Food Safety Auditors and you don't need to let the regulator know that you are changing.
In New South Wales however, you must get approval from the NSW Food Authority to transition across from the NSWFA conducting the audit, to an approved Third Party Auditor. You must have achieved an A or B rating in two consecutive audits and also complete the application form and submit to the NSWFA. If you do not have approval, you cannot have an approved third party conduct the audit. To make it easy for you, the application form can be downloaded.
So what do we do?
Prior to conducting an External Food Safety Audit, we would we would provide you with an audit plan and Food Safety Audit checklist. The audit checklist helps you prepare for the audit and allows you to gather and check all of the information we need to make the audit as quick and seemless as possible.
During the audit we look at:
- Storage practices;
- Personal hygiene and cleaning practices;
- Food preparation and service;
- Observation of a meal being served (Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner) or food being manufactured;
- Facilities compliance with FSANZ Food Standards Code;
- Food Safety Program's compliance with:
- FSANZ Food Standards Code;
- Individual state Food Act and/ or Food Regulations (depending on the state where the business is located);
- State specific requirements (i.e. New South Wales Food Authority requirements for Vulnerable Persons – if applicable)
- It's own documented procedures;
- Monitoring records and other verification activities.
During the audit we look at what you are doing now and compare it to the criteria set by the individual state based Food Acts, Regulations and Standards regulating this area. You will gain unbiased expert advice about whether or not you are presently complying with legal standards and you will get simple easy steps to 'close the gap' so that you are 100% legally compliant so that you are 100% legally compliant.
The relevant state regulators audit report will be completed on site during the audit. If a printer is available, the audit report will be printed or emailed whilst onsite, otherwise the audit report will be emailed to nominated contact when the auditor returns to the office.
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PLEASE NOTE: We cannot consult to you if we conduct your External Audit as this is illegal in Australia and goes against the Exemplar Global Code of Conduct all auditors in Australia are meant to comply with. We can however point you in the right direction or give examples on what we have seen, for you to make your own informed decisions.
Contact us straight away to organise your company's External Food Safety Audit so that your company is legally compliant and you can rest easy.
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HACCP Certification Audits
A HACCP Certification Food Safety Audit would be conducted when food is being prepared, where the following would be reviewed:
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An audit plan will be issued to you prior to the audit, including a copy of pre audit checklist that will help you be ready for the audit. The audit will be conducted as per the terms and conditions for The Gourmet Guardians Food Safety Audit requirements.
An audit plan will be issued to you prior to the audit, including a copy of pre audit checklist that will help you be ready for the audit. The audit will be conducted as per the terms and conditions for The Gourmet Guardians Food Safety Audit requirements.
Are we approved to audit you? The Gourmet Guardian is approved to audit the following industries:
An audit plan will be issued to you prior to the audit, including a copy of pre audit checklist that will help you be ready for the audit. The audit will be conducted as per the terms and conditions for The Gourmet Guardians Food Safety Audit requirements.
Are we approved to audit you? The Gourmet Guardian is approved to audit the following industries:
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The Gourmet Guardian are aware of some food safety companies that provide consulting and auditing services where the company that has prepared the Food Safety Program, also conducts the External Food Safety Audit.
This process is illegal and a clear conflict of interest!
If your council or regulator finds out that you have been audited by the same company that has written your Food Safety Program or HACCP Program, they will make you have another External Audit, even if you have already paid the auditor. Often the council or regulator will make you have the External Audit within the next seven or fourteen days OR they may make you have additional audits over the next 12 months.
An External Audit MUST be independent!
This process is illegal and a clear conflict of interest!
If your council or regulator finds out that you have been audited by the same company that has written your Food Safety Program or HACCP Program, they will make you have another External Audit, even if you have already paid the auditor. Often the council or regulator will make you have the External Audit within the next seven or fourteen days OR they may make you have additional audits over the next 12 months.
An External Audit MUST be independent!
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