During our recent BRC recertification audit, we got the following NC. Our auditor swore up-and-down that BRC had released a position statement which they had definitely seen (but couldn't find during our audit) which stated that internal system audits must be undertaken quarterly, so we need to audit quarterly. I challenged them on it and showed them a listing of all the position statements that BRC has published, none of which include that requirement. The NC reads:
Audits are and conducted throughout the year it appears quarterly, however, the second quarter of 2024 has no internal audits scheduled.
All of 2023s system audits were completed before I came to the company at the end-end of 2023. I based our 2024 audit schedule on the fact that we have an unannounced audit window open from April-August in one location, and an announced audit in May at another. So, my audit schedule goes from August to December, with audits scheduled every month based off of risk assessment and using an updated Master Auditing Document as a guide.
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I want to challenge this finding, but we have an unannounced audit still pending, and the auditor may very well be our auditor at the other facility, and it's unclear how they might handle being "challenged"...
Or... do I just include a very-snarky root cause analysis as part of my corrective action to satisfy my urge to be right?