I'm going through our annual Pest Control audit for SQF for my new company. I'm trying to understand what we have to do to satisfy SQF code for monthly verification of our Pest Control Provider's audits. Their audits are always signed off by our Op. Director, and their findings are incredibly detailed. How much effort do we have to put in to reviewing and documenting our review of their visits?
We obviously perform annual Pest Control audits and monthly GMP walk arounds, so could we put something in our GMP walk around which would satisfy this part of the verification?
Hi NCN,
Not a SQF user but this is presumably section 11.2.4 which seems highly prescriptive and closely similar to 11.2.12 in ver 8.1.
A portion of the Guidance given for 8.1 is -
SQF 11.2.12 Auditing Guidance.pdf 161.03KB
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There is also (for 8.1) an, IMO, excellent and detailed summary of practical requirements., eg -
Examples of records of pest control applications include service reports, pesticide usage logs, pest sighting logs, corrective action reports and trending of activity by the service provider.
PS - If the OP specifically referred to sub-clause (x) ie "Measure the effectiveness of the program to verify the elimination of applicable pests and to identify trends" I suppose these specific requirements should be appropriately answered within the Pest Contractor's Service report.