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Food Safety - The Facts

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Food Safety - The Facts
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  • Series 3 Episode 2: A day in the life of a BRCGS auditor
    A day in the life of a BRCGS Auditor 1. Introduction This episode provides an insightful overview of a day in the life of a BRCGS auditor, covering the steps and challenges encountered during an unannounced audit, including the complexities of completing an audit report and closing out non-conformities. Our expert guest, Elaine Wigham, is the founder of her own auditing and management consultancy. Before branching out on her own, she held the position of Technical Services Manager at Food Chain ID Auditor and Field Team Manager at SAI Global Assurance Services. Elaine offers valuable insights into the realities and challenges of conducting BRCGS audits. 2. Podcast time stamp 00:16          Meet the Expert: Elaine Wigham 02:02          What initially drew you towards becoming a BRCGS auditor? 03:18           Which of the BRCGS standards have you audited? 04:07          What are the main challenges when conducting unannounced audits?08:25          What kind of pre-audit information are you provided with to prepare                        yourself before undertaking an audit? 12:03          Can you walk us through a typical structure of an unannounced BRCGS                     audit? 19:08          Can you share a memorable experience from an audit that stands out,                     either due to challenges, success, or a surprising outcome? 23:43         What are the most common non-conformities you raise during an                         audit? 26:32          What’s your approach to handling non-conformities when they arise                       during an audit? 28:13          What are the biggest challenges an auditor has generating an audit                       report and closing out non conformities. 32:00         How do you stay up-to-date on changes to legislation and industry                        practice? 33:24          What skills do you think are most important for a successful auditor to                       have? 35:17           What’s the most rewarding part of being a BRCGS auditor? 36:09         What’s your advice for companies preparing for a BRCGS audit? 37:56          What advice would you give to someone considering a career as a                        BRCGS auditor? Get 10% off our BRCGS Lead Auditor course offer Sign up to our five-day BRCGS Lead Auditor course running from 18th-22nd November and get a 10% discount on enrolment. Use the code BRCGSLA at checkout to claim your discount. Book your place now 
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  • Series 3 Episode 1: Food Safey Culture: what you need to know for BRCGS Standard Issue 9.
    1. IntroductionThis episode focuses on the importance of building a positive Food Safety Culture (FSC) to support an effective food safety quality management system. It covers the heightened requirements in the newly released BRCGS Global Standard Food Safety Issue 9 around organizational culture focusing on values and behaviours. Expert guest John Husband provides insights on defining, assessing, and continually improving FSC. 2. Podcast time stamp00:24 Meet the Expert: John Husband02:41 Understanding FSC04:20 Defining and Demonstrating FSC07:46 The Role of Company Mission Statement in Culture09:05 Changing Behaviours for Better Food Safety12:07 Introducing To Learn: A Food Safety Management Platform12:53 Understanding BRCGS Global Standard Food Safety Issue 9 FSC requirements24:07 Indicators of a Positive FSC27:13 Conclusion and Next Steps  Ready to build your FSC plan?Our food safety management system tolearn helps you manage food safety training and run FSC questionnaires all from the same food safety management platform, ensuring that your employees have the knowledge and confidence to maintain a positive culture at all times.To book a tolearn Food Safety Management Platform live demo at a date and time which is best for you to see how tolearn can assist your company with onboarding of staff,  employee competency and improve FSC click here.3.  Credits This podcast was brought to you by totrain and featured John Husband from totrain. It was directed and produced by the totrain team and featured Roy Anthony asking the questions. Join us next time for more insight into different aspects of the BRCGS Global Standards Food Safety standard.  Thanks for listening.
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  • Series 2 Episode 1: How to become a BRCGS Auditor.
    Series 2 Episode 1 – How to become a BRCGS Auditor.1. IntroductionIn series two we are going to be looking at different elements and requirements of the BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety standard and provide an easy to understand summary of the key topics.  Series two is starting off with explaining how to become a BRCGS Food Safety Auditor.As part of this series we will be offering a 15% discount voucher for any of our BRCGS traditional courses.  Details of how to obtain it will be given at the end of the podcast.2. Content- The role certification bodies play in training someone to become a BRCGSauditor- Specific BRCGS requirements to become an auditor:EducationWork ExperienceQualificationsAudit Training- GFSI Auditor requirementsCreditsThis podcast was brought to you by totrain and featured John Husband from totrain. It was directed and produced by Bethany Donkin and featured Peter Henry asking the questions. Join us next time for more insight to the BRCGS Global Standards Food Safety standard.Thanks for listening.
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  • Series 1 Episode 3: Implement a Food Safety Culture Programme
     1. IntroductionFood Safety – The Facts, a series of Food Safety podcasts which analyse topics and issues relevant to food manufacturing and presents the facts in an easy-to-understand manner.This, the third podcast in the Food Safety – The Facts series, provides an in depth look at how a company can go about implementing a Food Safety Culture programme. 2. ContentThe importance of following a programmeWhat is a communication plan?Creating a random sample and how questionaries will create a food safety culture programmeAnalysis of dataConclusions1 to 1 interviews3. CreditsThis podcast was brought to you by John Husband at totrain. It was directed and produced by Bethany Donkin and featured Dawn Shaefer asking the questions. Thanks for listening.
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  • Series 1 Episode 2: How to get Food Safety Culture Back in the Boardroom
    1. IntroductionFood Safety – The Facts a series of Food Safety podcasts which analyses topics and issues relevant to food manufacturing and presents the facts in an easy to understand manner.This the second podcast in the Food Safety - The Facts series provides both a macro and micro insightful discussion about the importance of food safety culture, the innovative Enlighten food safety culture model, it global attention and most importantly how it is supporting boardroom  management enhance its food safety compliance.2. ContentWhat is food safety culture and why is it important?The Enlighten 4 C Model.How is the Enlighten model gaining global traction.3. CreditsThis podcast was brought to you by University of Sunderland  and featured Dr Derek Watson and Peter Henryfrom totrain. It was directed and produced by Bethany Donkin and featured  Dawn Shaefer asking the questions. Join us next time discussing BRCGS (formerly BRC) Global Standard Food Issue 8 specific requirements for food safety culture.Thanks for listening.
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