UK firm offers audit for Chinese products

F.A.C.S. Ltd is responsible for the animal feed supply
chain audits for the UKs largest supermarket and therefore has considerable
experience of supplier approval auditing.

Managing Director Jon Ratcliff
explains “Supplier approval and traceability are the biggest challenge facing
the feed industry. The global food and feed industry is searching for cost
effective sources of ingredients and additives and many of these are sourced
from China. Unfortunately, whilst there are many very respectable companies
supplying from that country, the recent experience with melamine and dioxin has
raised great concern, even with companies that possess some form of recognised
certification.

Supplier approval is an increasingly important and
essential part of the due diligence process, however, reliance on certificates
of analysis and quality system certificates is not sufficient in terms of risk
assessment. Sending your own company employees to audit is expensive and limited
in effect due to language differences. We are able to provide highly qualified
and specialised local auditors that will carry out a full audit inspection and
process risk assessment tailored to the clients needs. The service will be aimed
not just at external companies looking for supplier approval but also companies
within China that are looking to demonstrate to their customers the highest
levels of food safety”.

“We are intentionally moving away from an
assurance type scheme, to a bespoke second party audit which is comprehensive
and reliable. In my view, although assurance schemes have proven very successful
in Europe, the export of these schemes to third countries is having limited
success for various reasons. We will be able to provide a very cost effective
solution for companies that are concerned about effective supplier approval in
China”.

For more information contact:
UK office +44 1789 751812 

jon@facs.uk.com 

China office call
Rena +86 10 65919042