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Internal Audit: External Areas and Food Defence

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Assess external site areas, security controls and food defence across your facility. This checklist covers perimeter fencing, vegetation and pest prevention, external drainage, utilities mapping and water quality, access control for visitors and contractors, secure storage and silos, and protocols for destruction of product, packaging and records. Align audits to BRC requirements and internal programs with clear, actionable criteria to reduce risk and protect product integrity.

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Food Defence and Site Security Inspection
This food defence and site security inspection checklist helps food manufacturing sites verify controls that protect products and facilities. Review perimeter protection, gates, fencing, lighting and CCTV coverage. Check access control for pedestrian and vehicle entrances, door closers and roller shutters, alarm systems and window security. Confirm driver and visitor controls, restricted computer access, and policies for mobile phones, recording devices and cameras. Inspect staff welfare areas and lockers, knives and sharps sign out, ingredient and consumable storage, chemical security and allergen segregation. Capture training status against the site food defence policy and verify key fob holder sign off. Use across warehouse, production and support areas to prevent unauthorised access and tampering.
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This External and Staff Facilities GMP audit checklist helps food and produce businesses assess compliance across external areas and staff amenities. Inspect waste segregation and bin condition, perimeter security, loading bays, drainage, signage, and pest prevention around the site. Verify cleanliness and maintenance of smoking areas, toilets, canteen, locker rooms, and entrances. Review plant and chemical rooms for secure access, MSDS availability, proper storage, housekeeping, lighting, and up-to-date fire extinguisher servicing. Ideal for packhouses and food processing sites to maintain GMP standards and hygiene control.
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BRC Section 4 Site Standards Checklist
Audit your food manufacturing site against BRC Section 4 requirements with this comprehensive checklist. Cover external standards and site security, layout, product flow and segregation, building fabric and utilities, equipment and planned maintenance, staff facilities and hygiene, chemical and physical contamination controls, foreign body detection, housekeeping and environmental monitoring. Verify waste management, surplus food handling, pest management, storage controls, and dispatch and transport practices. Use it for internal audits and BRCGS readiness.
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Food Defence and Site Security Inspection

This food defence and site security inspection checklist helps food manufacturing sites verify controls that protect products and facilities. Review perimeter protection, gates, fencing, lighting and CCTV coverage. Check access control for pedestrian and vehicle entrances, door closers and roller shutters, alarm systems and window security. Confirm driver and visitor controls, restricted computer access, and policies for mobile phones, recording devices and cameras. Inspect staff welfare areas and lockers, knives and sharps sign out, ingredient and consumable storage, chemical security and allergen segregation. Capture training status against the site food defence policy and verify key fob holder sign off. Use across warehouse, production and support areas to prevent unauthorised access and tampering.

by Robert Hodgson, from the Community

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Internal Food Safety Audits Checklist

This internal food safety audit checklist helps teams assess GMP and personal hygiene, verify allergen storage and labeling, and review equipment cleanliness and condition. It covers handwashing facilities, protective clothing, high-risk versus low-care controls, sanitation standards, chemical storage and labeling, SDS access, pest control devices, and overall facility upkeep including floors, walls, lighting, and external grounds. Use it to standardize audits across production and warehouse areas, identify nonconformances, and improve compliance with food safety programs and internal QA requirements.

by Dianne Riedel, from the Community

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External and Staff Facilities GMP Audit

This External and Staff Facilities GMP audit checklist helps food and produce businesses assess compliance across external areas and staff amenities. Inspect waste segregation and bin condition, perimeter security, loading bays, drainage, signage, and pest prevention around the site. Verify cleanliness and maintenance of smoking areas, toilets, canteen, locker rooms, and entrances. Review plant and chemical rooms for secure access, MSDS availability, proper storage, housekeeping, lighting, and up-to-date fire extinguisher servicing. Ideal for packhouses and food processing sites to maintain GMP standards and hygiene control.

by Technical Rodanto, from the Community

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BRC Section 4 Site Standards Checklist

Audit your food manufacturing site against BRC Section 4 requirements with this comprehensive checklist. Cover external standards and site security, layout, product flow and segregation, building fabric and utilities, equipment and planned maintenance, staff facilities and hygiene, chemical and physical contamination controls, foreign body detection, housekeeping and environmental monitoring. Verify waste management, surplus food handling, pest management, storage controls, and dispatch and transport practices. Use it for internal audits and BRCGS readiness.

by Oyeyemi Bamisaiye, from the Community

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Internal Audit: External Areas and Food Defence

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