Hello all,
I need some advice. Our facility falls under sector 10 as we make cheese. This is the 3rd SQF audit of the facility.
Our facility has a storefront and an area off of our production floor where products including cheeses we make, are sliced and packaged for the store (1lb). This is my first audit for the facility, and we were asked for the HACCP plan related to the store slicing area. We do not have one, and this resulted in a major and will result in a surveillance audit.
After reading past audit results, they stated the store area was outside of the scope of the audit. I also reviewed the document we presented for the scope of the audit. The only items listed were the cheese we produce (these are fully sealed and boxed for distribution).
My hope is to argue the NCR for being outside of the scope of the audit, as that area has been previously excluded, and falls under the SQF code for retail.
Any advice or insights?