Supplier Quality
This document must accompany every ingredient shipment to verify it meets agreed specifications and standards
What is a Certificate of Analysis
What is the "Sort" step?
This Listeria species can survive at refrigeration temperatures and is a major concern in ready-to-eat foods including fresh cheeses
What is Listeria monocytogenes?
This is the name of the Quality Management System at Cacique
What is SQF?
An employee chewing gum violating what rule?
GMPs
Measuring supplier performance by rating cost, quality, delivery and service is done using what tool
What is a Supplier Scorecard?
The "Shine" step in 5S focuses on cleaning and inspection, and directly supports which food safety prerequisite program
What is sanitation?
Regular cleaning and sanitizing of food contact surfaces helps prevent what?
What is Listeria growth and cross-contamination?
During an SQF audit, auditors often look for this proof that you followed procedures
What are records?
Cleaning chemicals, pathogens, foreign objects are what type of a hazard?
What is a food safety hazard?
A recall due to an ingredient used by manufacturer illustrates the importance of what in the supply chain?
What is supplier/ingredient traceability
Eliminating clutter saves time searching for tools. This concept is called what in Lean?
What is Waste Reduction?
In the U.S., this agency oversees Listeria recalls for dairy and most ready-to-eat foods
What is the FDA?
When something goes wrong, the team performs this process to find the cause and prevent it from happening again
What is a Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)?
This is what you do if you see Serap not wearing a hairnet in the production area
What is "asking her to go back to GMP area to put proper PPE before entering the production area"?
A program that ensures raw materials meet both regulatory and ethical standards, covering food safety, sustainability, and authenticity.
What is a Responsible Sourcing Program?
Proper labeling of containers is an example of "Set in Order" in 5S concept supporting which FSMA requirement
What is traceability?
Environmental monitoring program is crucial to control pathogens, especially this microorganism
What is Listeria monocytogenes?
The person responsible for maintaining the SQF System is called _______?
Who is the SQF Practitioner?
This is what to do if you find a plastic piece of plastic near the open product
What is stop the line and notify QA for foreign material check?
When a supplier delivers a non-conforming ingredient, this form is used to require corrective action.
What is a Supplier Corrective Action Request (SCAR or CAR)?
Removing old tools, unused packaging, and broken pallets prevents this food safety hazard.
What is foreign material contamination?
This is the main source of Listeria in a dairy manufacturing plant
What is raw milk?
The main goal of the SQF program is to protect this
What is consumer health or food safety?
What you do if you notice positive air pressure isn't working properly and doors stay open
What is "reporting to maintenance/engineering"?