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Safe Food Five Internal Verification Audit

by Fiona Welsh, from the Community

This internal verification audit checklist helps grocery and supermarket teams uphold Safe Food Five standards across departments including Inwards Goods, Produce, Bulk Foods, Deli, Seafood, Meat, Bakery, Perishables, LongLife, Online, and Checkouts. It focuses on temperature monitoring and corrective actions, calibration, pest control, allergen separation, ingredient labelling, personal hygiene, handwashing, cleaning and sanitising practices, record-keeping, recalls, and presentation standards. Use it to verify compliance, identify issues, and rate cleanliness and overall food safety culture while ensuring training, documentation, and follow-up actions are completed.

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