Hi all,
Back to pick your minds.
Background: Going for first SQF audit this year at this site. I have personnally done SQF / BRC for 10 years but have never came across this issue. We are a meat production facility receiving frozen raw meat and process to fully cooked cryovac RTE refrigerated packages. My concern right now is receiving:
9.6.6.4: Loading and unloading docks shall be designed to protect the product during loading and unloading. Loading practices shall be designed to minimize unnecessary exposure of the product to conditions detrimental to maintaining product and package integrity during loading and transport.
9.6.6.8 Unloading practices shall be designed to minimize unnecessary exposure of the product to conditions determental to maintaing product and package integrity.
Past facilities I have worked at have had a real dock that fits a 53' trailer with door seals, air curtians all the necessities for safely receiving and loading. Here all trucks park in the center of the road (we are in a neighborhood) I block all traffic with my forklift and unload frozen meat pallets and then open a roll-up door and place them in a tempering refrigerator. Same goes with all roll stock, spices and anything inbound. If its snowing we shovel a path, if its is raining we get soaked. All product is on pallets, has plastic coverings, wrapped with shrink wrap before removing from trailers. Is that sufficient to meet this clause? There is no way to back a trailer in to the parking lot or create some sort of dock, Has anybody had a situation like this or auditied a facilty that where there was no offical dock?
I have put plastic strips on all roll up doors. There arre ILTS inside by roll up doors and mouse traps on the left and right of all roll up doors.
Thanks