Check organisational compliance in a food and drink business

This standard is about the skills and knowledge needed for you to check organisational compliance in a food and drink business. Compliance is integral to the operation of a food and drink business. Regulations cover the legal status of a food and drink business and additional regulations cover areas such as food safety, environmental health and trading standards requirements, labelling, traceability and product recall. There should be a knowledge and understanding of recall procedures and local Environmental Health Officers (EHOs). In addition organisations can choose to adhere to the requirements of organisations offering quality standards for food and drink businesses. Compliance with internal organisational requirements and external customers and suppliers relating to standard operating procedures and quality specifications is an additional area of compliance in the day to day operation of a food and drink business. You will need the skills and understanding to ensure the systems and procedures are in place to support compliance, communicate the importance of compliance and the consequences of non-compliance to the food and drink business. You must have the skills and understanding to monitor adherence to the systems and report and provide feedback to relevant people on the food and drink businesss ability to adhere to compliance requirements. You will need to know and understand the different types of compliance relating to the operation of a food and drink business. You must also know and understand the importance of systems and procedures, organisational management systems and auditing in ensuring compliance. This standard is for you if you work in food and drink operations and/or supply operations and are involved in ensuring organisational compliance in a food and drink business.

Support systems and procedures

1. access the requirements of the regulations, codes of practice,

   organisational procedure or specification requiring compliance

2. confirm the systems and procedures are in place to ensure

   compliance with the regulatory or organisational requirements

3. communicate to relevant people the importance of adherence to

   compliance requirements and the consequences of noncompliance

4. confirm the organisational systems and procedures are in place to

   support adherence to compliance

   Monitor and report compliance

5. keep up to date with the current requirements of the regulations,

   codes of practice or organisational standard operating procedures

   and quality specifications

6. communicate changes to the relevant people

7. monitor adherence to the requirements of the regulations

8. provide feedback to relevant people on the ability of the

   organisation, area within an organisation, team or individual to

   adhere to compliance requirements

9. monitor and report audit activity and the outcomes of audits

10. make recommendations to support resolution of non-compliances

1. how to access the requirements of the regulations, codes of

   practice, organisational procedure or specification requiring

   compliance

   2. why it is important to use and adhere to organisational systems

   and procedures to manage and record compliance requirements

   3. the methods of communication and information technology

   available within your organisation and how to make best use of

   them

   4. the organisational methods for communicating changes to

   compliance requirements across a food and drink business and

   why it is important to do this

   5. how to keep up to date with changes to regulations, codes of

   practice or organisational requirements and why it is important to

   do this

   6. why it is important to monitor and audit the food and drink

   business's adherence to compliance requirements and the

   organisational procedures for carrying out monitoring or auditing

   7. the consequences of not adhering to food and drink business

   compliance requirements

   8. how to evaluate and present monitoring and audit reports to

   relevant people

   9. how to provide feedback to the food and drink business, area

   within a food and drink business, team or individuals ability to

   adhere to compliance requirements

   10. the concept of compliance as an integral part of the operation of a

   food and drink business and how it affects the strategy, policy,

   plans and culture of a food and drink business

   11. the different layers of regulatory, customer and industry

   compliance affecting a food and drink business

   12. the regulations a food and drink business must adhere to and how

   these regulations are checked

   13. voluntary codes of practice and quality standards available to a

   food and drink business and how these are audited and checked

   14. the role of customers and suppliers in adherence to the different

   compliance requirements and how this is checked and audited

   15. what the different methodologies and management systems are

   for implementing and ensuring organisational compliance in a

   food and drink business, their advantages and disadvantages

   16. the importance of traceability in a food and drink business and

   how to ensure this occurs

   17. why auditing is important to compliance and how to carry it out