We have annual supplier onsite visit plan; our audit team members are made of staff from the receiving, quality control and production units.
The audits are focused in the area of food safety system, storage and warehouse, to ensure our supplier meet the management and supply quality criteria. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, site visits and audits were not feasible; therefore, we increased the frequency of the documentary inspections and phone interviews.
By the end of 2022, most countries have lifted the border restrictions, we accompanied the US Grain Council and the U.S. Soybean Export Council on a visit to the meet the raw material suppliers in the United States.
In 2022, we conducted 13 onsite visits and the items evaluated included receiving, production management, quality inspection, and inventory management. Out of the total 304 food product suppliers, 4.28% were chosen to perform onsite inspections. All the suppliers that we performed the onsite visits met the requirements with no material finding.

Food Related Supplier Onsite Inspection Chart
  Food Suppliers # Onsite Inspection Performed
2020 233 26
2021 245 23
2022 304 13


 
                                            

 
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