Food Hygiene Audits

QIMA offers food hygiene audits (GHP food audits) worldwide, helping brands and manufacturers abide by international requirements and their own HACCP plans.

QIMA Food Hygiene Audits (GHP Food Audits)

GHP compliance is the first step towards establishing hygiene management and is applicable across the food processing chain. QIMA helps you achieve GHP compliance with specialized audits which check for the conformity of hygiene, sanitary and food handling practices at each step of food processing. In addition, QIMA provides detailed reports with objective data on risk factors and areas of concern, helping you improve your food safety and quality systems.

QIMA GHP food audits cover such areas of attention as:

Food handling practices
Employee hygiene practices
Sanitation facilities
Pest control
Prevention of physical and chemical hazards

To ensure continuing compliance, QIMA recommends performing follow-up surveillance visits at 3-month intervals.

What is GHP Compliance?

GHP compliance covers the minimum sanitary and hygiene practices for food processors, such as hotels and restaurants, to ensure that food is safe and suitable for human consumption. It is a required foundation to implement other food safety management initiatives, such as GMP, HACCP and ISO 22000.

The US FDA and other regulatory bodies worldwide recommend GHP compliance to ensure that a company is committed to reducing food contamination and food-borne diseases by implementing food safety practices.