Guidance & Checklists
Our guidance documents, tip sheets and checklists are designed to help you get started with the SQF Programs.
Guidance Documents
The following guidance documents dive deep into specific topic areas to explain the why behind some important sections of our Codes.
- Air and Other Gases
- Ambient Air Testing
- Approved Supplier Program
- Change Management
- Contract Manufacturers
- Correction, Corrective Action, and Preventative Action
- Document Control
- Environmental Monitoring
- Food Defense
- Food Fraud
- Food Safety Culture
- Food Safety Culture Risk Assessment
- Internal Audits & Inspections
- Label Reconciliation
- Management Review
- Medical Screening
- Practitioner & Substitute Practitioner
- Product Identification
- Product Sampling, Inspection, and Analysis
- Product Withdrawal & Recall
- Proficiency Testing
- Records
- Risk Assessments in Pre-requisite Programs
- Root Cause Analysis
- Training
- Ventilation/Positive Air Pressure
Tip Sheets
The following tip sheets are designed to support our Fundamentals Program and explain specific sections in detail.
- Tip Sheet 01 - Getting Started: Steps to SQF Certification
- Tip Sheet 02 - Choosing the Right SQF Certification
- Tip Sheet 03 - Preventing Food Safety Risks
- Tip Sheet 04 - Management Commitment
- Tip Sheet 05 - The Site Audit
- Tip Sheet 06 - HACCP Overview
- Tip Sheet 07 - Approved Supplier Program
- Tip Sheet 08 - Specifications
- Tip Sheet 09 - Document Control and Records
- Tip Sheet 10 - Meeting Legislation in Manufacturing
- Tip Sheet 11 - Correction, Corrective Action and Preventive Action
- Tip Sheet 12 - Conducting a Risk Assessment
- Tip Sheet 13 - Employee Training Program
- Tip Sheet 14 - Food Defense Plan
- Tip Sheet 15 - Product Identification, Traceability, and Withdraw and Recall
- Tip Sheet 16 - Verification Schedule
- Tip Sheet 17 - Allergen Management
- Tip Sheet 18 - Internal Audit Plan
- Tip Sheet 19 - Environmental Monitoring
- Tip Sheet 20 - Crisis Management
- Tip Sheet 21 - Pest Prevention
- Tip Sheet 22 - Personal Hygiene Plan
- Tip Sheet 23 - Housekeeping
- Tip Sheet 24 - Cleaning
- Tip Sheet 25 - Equipment Selection and Maintenance
Checklists
These Excel checklists can help you implement SQF Food Safety Program Codes.
- Environmental Monitoring Checklist Edition 9
- Environmental Monitoring Checklist PetFood Sites Edition 9
- SQF Fundamentals for Manufacturing Intermediate
- SQF Fundamentals for Manufacturing Basic
- SQF Fundamentals for Primary Production Intermediate
- SQF Fundamentals for Primary Production Basic
- Primary Plant Production Checklist Edition 9
- Aquaculture Checklist Edition 9
- Animal Product Manufacture Checklist edition 9
- Food Manufacturing Checklist Edition 9
- Pet Food Manufacturing Checklist Edition 9
- Animal Feed Manufacturing Checklist Edition 9
- Dietary Supplements Manufacturing Checklist Edition 9
- Storage and Distribution Checklist Edition 9 2
- Manufacture of Food Packaging Checklist Edition 9
- Quality Checklist Edition 9
- Primary Animal Production Checklist Edition 9
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