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GMP Audits for High Risk Areas

by William Villet, from the Community

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This GMP audit template helps teams inspect high risk areas across food and beverage operations, including packaging halls, bottling lines, blow moulding, pasteurising, tri blender zones, mezzanine floors, and processing equipment. The checklist covers cleanliness, equipment condition, lubricants and leaks, pest control, PPE, SDS, signage, drains and floors, hand wash stations, records, and housekeeping. Use it twice monthly to standardise inspections, document findings with signatures, and maintain hygiene and compliance.

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GMP High Risk Walkthrough Checklist
This GMP high risk walkthrough checklist supports food manufacturing teams in verifying hygiene and equipment standards across high risk areas. It covers entry areas, production offices, packaging and chemical storage, and processing zones such as L51 and L52. Inspect for pest activity, cleanliness of walls, floors, drains, and doors, correct chemicals at hand and boot wash stations, and proper color coding of food contact and cleaning tools. Confirm equipment condition, product coverage and labelling, absence of temporary repairs, structural integrity, and no condensation. Check records, date coding, weights, and traceability to keep products within specification and protect food safety.
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Monthly GMP Audit for Production
This monthly GMP audit template helps production teams verify compliance across food manufacturing operations. It covers entrance controls and PPE, handwashing and hygiene, signage, and sealed doors; facility conditions for walls, ceilings, floors, drains, lighting, and overheads; personnel behaviors including jewelry, wound protection, glove use, and tool control; equipment cleanliness and condition, food-grade contact surfaces, crate washing temperatures, lubricants, and prohibition of glass and temporary repairs. It includes line clearance and changeover, storage and labeling of WIP and packaging, chemical control with SDS access, QC records and CCP response, waste management, and pest control. Use it to standardize audits, document findings, and drive corrective actions that protect product quality and food safety.
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Monthly GMP Audits - Main Compilations
Use this monthly GMP audit template to assess food processing sites for compliance with hygiene, sanitation, pest control, equipment condition, chemical storage, staff PPE and hygiene, signage, and facility maintenance. Sections cover perimeter and workshops through low-risk, production, and high-care areas, plus handwash stations and walkways. Includes CCP verification, temperature checks, traceability, and housekeeping to meet food safety and quality standards.
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High Risk GMP Audit Report 2022
This template supports high risk GMP compliance in food processing areas. It covers personal hygiene, staff facilities, entry and exit routines, movement controls, hand and boot sanitation, cleaning and chemical management, cross contamination prevention, waste handling, dropped meat and foreign matter controls, glass and hard plastics policy, metal control and knife registers, traceability and labelling, equipment and facility standards, air pressure and temperature control, floors, windows and doors, pest management, and CCP metal detector checks across lines. Use it to document observations, non conformances, and corrective actions.
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GMP High Risk Walkthrough Checklist

This GMP high risk walkthrough checklist supports food manufacturing teams in verifying hygiene and equipment standards across high risk areas. It covers entry areas, production offices, packaging and chemical storage, and processing zones such as L51 and L52. Inspect for pest activity, cleanliness of walls, floors, drains, and doors, correct chemicals at hand and boot wash stations, and proper color coding of food contact and cleaning tools. Confirm equipment condition, product coverage and labelling, absence of temporary repairs, structural integrity, and no condensation. Check records, date coding, weights, and traceability to keep products within specification and protect food safety.

by Karen Platz, from the Community

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Monthly GMP Audit for Production

This monthly GMP audit template helps production teams verify compliance across food manufacturing operations. It covers entrance controls and PPE, handwashing and hygiene, signage, and sealed doors; facility conditions for walls, ceilings, floors, drains, lighting, and overheads; personnel behaviors including jewelry, wound protection, glove use, and tool control; equipment cleanliness and condition, food-grade contact surfaces, crate washing temperatures, lubricants, and prohibition of glass and temporary repairs. It includes line clearance and changeover, storage and labeling of WIP and packaging, chemical control with SDS access, QC records and CCP response, waste management, and pest control. Use it to standardize audits, document findings, and drive corrective actions that protect product quality and food safety.

by Helen Li, from the Community

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Monthly GMP Audits - Main Compilations

Use this monthly GMP audit template to assess food processing sites for compliance with hygiene, sanitation, pest control, equipment condition, chemical storage, staff PPE and hygiene, signage, and facility maintenance. Sections cover perimeter and workshops through low-risk, production, and high-care areas, plus handwash stations and walkways. Includes CCP verification, temperature checks, traceability, and housekeeping to meet food safety and quality standards.

by Jiayun Yong, from the Community

20+

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High Risk GMP Audit Report 2022

This template supports high risk GMP compliance in food processing areas. It covers personal hygiene, staff facilities, entry and exit routines, movement controls, hand and boot sanitation, cleaning and chemical management, cross contamination prevention, waste handling, dropped meat and foreign matter controls, glass and hard plastics policy, metal control and knife registers, traceability and labelling, equipment and facility standards, air pressure and temperature control, floors, windows and doors, pest management, and CCP metal detector checks across lines. Use it to document observations, non conformances, and corrective actions.

by Farmlands Team, from the Community

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GMP Audits for High Risk Areas

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