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Cross Site Audit

by Quality Department, from the Community

This cross site audit template helps food operations evaluate consistency and compliance across multiple locations. It covers external and internal site walks, staff facilities, foreign body control, cleaning standards and records, waste management, and pest control service levels. It reviews personnel hygiene practices, goods in, storage, loading, and delivery, plus preventative maintenance and food defence. Site security and a full traceability exercise, from deliveries to stock movement, are also included.

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