The SQFI Asia Pacific Office is moving. Effective 1st September, the contact numbers for the Australian office will change

Tel: +612 9541 4777
Fax: +612 9541 4211
Mob/cell: 0451 677 076
Email: info@sqfi.com.au

For general SQF enquiries, contact Bill McBride on bmcbride@sqfi.com.au

For Quickfire enquiries, contact Hayley Gray, 9.30am – 1.30pm (AEST) Mon – Fri on hgray@sqfi.com.au

Amendments to the SQF 2000 code

The following amendments were made to the SQF 2000 code, effective July 2010 after the approval of the SQFI Technical Advisory Council. The amended SQF 2000 Code is now available on the SQFI web-site.

• Change to section 10.14.2 – amend sentence to include that all major non-conformances corrections or corrective actions have been addressed prior to the start of the certification audit.

• Change to section 10.15.4 – include a sentence that SQFI will provide guidance on audit duration.

• Change to section 10.16.2.2 – change the rating for a Critical NC from -4 to -50, change the rating for a Major NC from -3 to -25.

• Change to section 10.16.2.4 – change to the sentence A is the number of questions assessed.

• Change to section 10.18.1.1 – add that the certification decision shall be made within 45 days of the last date of the audit.

• Change to section 10.19.3; Table 4 – update table to reflect direction to CBs on the number of majors and minors before a surveillance audit is needed. Change is meant to clarify and simply determination of audit frequency.

• Change to section 11.3 – Updated information on the Buyer module in SQF Quickfire to reflect 2 levels of data access, the public access from website and access provided through buyer module.

• Change to section 13.13 – added that certificates shall be provided to sub-sites of a multi-site certification.

• Change to appendix 3, food sector categories – amended food sector category 10 and 15 to include pasteurization in category 10 and remove from category 15.

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