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Warehouse Distribution Audit Checklist

by Sebastian Ambrose, from the Community

This warehouse and distribution audit checklist supports food facilities in assessing compliance across critical programs. It covers food safety management and HACCP planning, GMP practices, allergen control, and food defense measures. The template includes calibration and maintenance, integrated pest management, staff training, temperature monitoring for cold storage, and shipping and receiving checks. It also reviews traceability, mock recall capability, stock rotation, product separation, cross contamination prevention, foreign material control, sanitation, and waste handling. Use it to document findings and corrective actions for continuous improvement and certification readiness.

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