Food safety audits help retailers identify risks, improve compliance, strengthen supplier performance, and protect consumer trust across the entire supply chain.
Food safety audits help retailers identify risks, improve compliance, and protect their brand reputation. Whether assessing suppliers, retail stores, distribution centres, or private-label products, Intertek provides expert auditing services that help strengthen food safety performance across the entire supply chain.
Intertek Retail Audits help you to:
- Ensure compliance with regulations and industry standards.
- Identify risks before they become liabilities.
- Build confidence with your customers, partners, and teams.
Why Intertek for Retail Food Safety Audits?
- Global network of food safety experts
- Independent third-party auditing
- Experience across retail and supply chains
- UK-based and international audit capability
- Supplier, store and distribution centre assessments
- Integrated testing, inspection, certification and assurance services
Overview of Intertek retail audit services:
Whether you're managing a global supplier network or strengthening your retail operations, the right audit programme can help turn visibility into action.
We offer a flexible, risk-based approach to auditing that meets the unique needs of UK retailers, including:
Ensure at the store level that proper protocols are followed for food safety, hygiene, display advertising, health and safety, environmental management, as well as other critical operational metrics. Adherence to these items is measured via scheduled or unannounced audits.
Assess food manufacturers, processors, and co-packers for compliance with your safety and quality standards and those of national or international requirements.
Independent evaluations of private label products for food safety, labelling, and regulatory compliance.
In-depth site assessments covering hygiene practices, pest control, allergen management, and good manufacturing practices.
Auditing to GFSI standards BRCGS Food Safety, BRCGS START! or BRCGS Storage & Distribution, FSSC 22000, IFS Food, and ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System or bespoke audit frameworks built around your brand requirements.
Support suppliers in addressing non-conformities with practical, time-bound improvement plans.
Combine food safety with assessments aligned to social compliance (SEDEX SMETA), Intertek Workplace Conditions Assessment (WCA), environmental impact, and modern slavery requirements.
Our team of world-class Technical Managers and Consultants have a wealth of industry experience across all sectors of the food supply chain. and can help with projects such as supplier management, compliance monitoring, policies and codes of practice, specification management, crisis management and continuous improvement.
Through our global network of sustainability experts and integrated Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification solutions, we are uniquely placed to help organisations understand, achieve and validate their existing and emerging sustainability goals for their products, assets, facilities, systems, processes and environment.
Design and delivery of training programmes for employees, including food handling, food safety, health and safety, environmental practices and more.
From Foundation to Internal Auditor and IRCA and CQI Lead Auditor, we offer a wide portfolio of courses for GFSI standards and Management Systems through Intertek Academy.
Training programmes are either Online Instructor-led or delivered in-company/on-site services.
Food testing is integral to the efficient production of safe, quality products. Intertek’s own network of testing laboratories providers a comprehensive range of food testing services including:
- Shelf Life Testing
- Chemical & Nutritional Requirements
- Migration Testing in Food Packaging
- GMOs
- Honey Authenticity
- Pesticides
- Contaminants (Mycotoxins)
- And more
Need a Retail Food Safety Audit?
Whether you need supermarket audits, supplier assessments, hygiene inspections or GFSI compliance support, Intertek can help strengthen food safety performance across your retail operations.
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