Food traceability
Actual receipts, product evidence, supplier changes and the decisions connecting deliveries to stock.
7guidesReceiving and suppliers
A receiving record should connect the actual delivered product, supplier lot, quantity and receipt event to the order or delivery document. An order describes what was expected; the receiving observation describes what arrived.
Receiving and suppliers
A supplier document register should identify the file, its scope, review and status. Uploading a document does not establish that it was assessed, applies to the product supplied or satisfies the site’s approval procedure.
Receiving and suppliers
A rejected-delivery record should identify the goods, receipt, observed discrepancy and decision, including any partial acceptance. Keep it linked to the receiving event so stock quantities do not imply that all delivered goods were accepted.
Receiving and suppliers
A packaging discrepancy record should identify the affected item, observed condition, extent and responsible decision. A photograph helps document what was seen, but does not by itself determine whether the product is acceptable.
Receiving and suppliers
A delivery document is most useful when it is linked to the relevant receiving event and product lines. A folder of images can preserve evidence while still making it difficult to locate the document needed for a particular batch investigation.
Receiving and suppliers
A supplier-change record should identify affected products, information reviewed, effective date and downstream updates. Changing a supplier name in a product list does not establish that receiving instructions, specifications and related assessments were reviewed.
Receiving and suppliers
A practical UK method for ranking food suppliers by product risk, evidence, delivery performance and change, then turning the result into proportionate controls.
