Other Programmes
SMETA (Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit)
SMETA is Sedex’s social-audit methodology for examining defined workplace conditions and practices.
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Food safety, halal and ethical audit programmes
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Microbial risks and the manufacturing environment
Microbial-safety learning should be scoped around the food, process and environment involved. The useful discussion distinguishes prevention of contamination from monitoring, testing and interpretation by competent technical personnel.
Describe the product and areas where the process or environment could affect it. Discuss cleaning, personnel/equipment movement and evidence review without inventing sampling plans or acceptable test limits. The technical design of an environmental programme or shelf-life conclusion requires a separate competent scope.
Practical discussion topics
- Product/process and microbial-risk context
- Contamination routes and hygiene zoning interfaces
- Cleaning and personnel/equipment responsibilities
- Monitoring/testing purposes and laboratory interfaces
- Trend review, investigation and corrective actions
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Food technical, hygiene, quality and operational teams.
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- Product/process and environmental conditions
- Existing controls, test information and intended technical depth
Research and technical scoping · Food-safety consulting
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