FSSAI Third Party Food Safety Audits

To strengthen the food safety surveillance system, FSSAI has envisaged audits of
Food Business Operators through Private Auditing Agencies. In order to cultivate
and foster the growth of compliance culture, FSSAI is enabling compliance through
private recognised Auditing Agencies.

Food Safety Audits will reduce the regulatory Food Safety Inspections conducted by
Central or State Licensing Authorities. Satisfactory Audits will lead to less frequent
regulatory inspections by Central or State Licensing Authority except the regulatory
sampling. This will strengthen food safety surveillance system and encourage self-
compliance while at the same time assuring safe food to the consumers.

HACCP Certification

HACCP (Hazard and Critical Control Points) Certification demonstrates to customers your
commitment to safety during the manufacture of food, ingredients and beverages. Using its
evidence-based approach, you will also gain the data you will need for inspections by
regulatory authorities and stakeholders.

Demonstrate the integrity of your manufacturing processes and compliance with food
safety regulations.

HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) is an internationally recognized

standard that defines the requirements for the effective control of food safety. It
should be applied during the manufacture of food, ingredients and beverages, and is
a key element of the CODEX General Principles of Food Hygiene.

HACCP is built around seven principles:

 Conduct Hazard Analysis of biological, chemical or physical food hazards

 Determine critical control points
 Establish critical control limits, for example, minimum cooking temperature and
time
 Establish a system to monitor control of critical control points
 Establish corrective actions
 Establish procedure for verification to confirm that the HACCP system is working
effectively
 Establish documentation and record keeping

 Continually improve results through discovering and refining practices

 Improve processes and efficiencies
 Manage risks and demonstrate proof of due diligence and compliance
 Reduce costs and save time
 Identify greater opportunities for growth and market access
 Comply with regulations
 Gain a competitive advantage
 Enhance your credibility, and the trust and confidence of your customers
 Promote an even playing field for all organizations
As a leading accredited body with decades of experience, we operate with the
utmost competence and trust, delivering the highest quality service at global and
local levels. Our accreditation means that we can certify your people, processes and
products with confidence.

Transparency, independence and integrity are key to delivering our services. We

comply with the highest standards to maintain our accreditations, so you can be sure
of our competence. We have teams of highly skilled, reliable and ethical assessors
and technical experts, whose skills and abilities are continually assessed.