Your site's approved supplier program shows how the ingredients and services your site receives
are from credible sources and are fit for purpose.
In the case of food manufacturing,
you need to have a procedure which describes how you evaluate your suppliers.
Amongst the list of considerations you should include
are food safety
and your site's ability to consistently provide safe food products, ingredients, materials and services.
You will be required to setup specific criteria and considerations
describing how you will evaluate and approve or reject suppliers.
You will also need to demonstrate how you will conduct ongoing reviews
to ensure current suppliers are consistently meeting your requirements.
An approved supplier list should be setup which includes details of your suppliers, including
What products or services they provide? Why you have approved them?
and supporting documents such as accreditation certificates.
If your supplier is providing you with dairy ingredients,
they must be from an export registered establishment
or export registered store.
Your establishment must have a comprehensive, documented system in place
to control the supply of raw milk and cream entering your site.
It must only be sourced from an approved farm or supplier.
Any dairy ingredients or liquid milk which is from another establishment or is imported
will need to meet all legislative requirements, including relevant importing country requirements.
Let's review the expectations regarding your approved supplier program in more detail below.