Food supplier risk assessment
Assess the product-site relationship, supporting evidence and delivery history before assigning a controlled supplier status.
- Scope and inherent risk
- Evidence and confidence
- Decision
- Trigger review
Before approval and after a risk trigger · Includes blank response fields and action tracking
One check.
One clear answer.
Check certificates for site, scope, issuer and validity.
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A little structure.
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Turn supplier evidence into a documented, risk-based decision without allowing an average score to hide a critical failure.
Make it specific to your site.
Define the product, supplying site, intended use, hazards, applicable authorisations and the evidence your food safety plan requires.
Food supplier risk assessment
Site: ____________________ Date: ______________
Completed by: _____________ Reviewed by: _____________
01Scope and inherent risk
Record supplier legal entity and actual supplying site.
Identify the product, intended use and applicable specification.
Assess cold-chain, allergen, ready-to-eat and no-further-control risks.
Record applicable licence, registration or approval requirements.
02Evidence and confidence
Reference traceability, food safety and change-control evidence.
Check certificates for site, scope, issuer and validity.
Review results, complaints and receiving history.
Record evidence gaps and expiry dates.
03Decision
Record approved, conditional, suspended or rejected status.
Apply critical-failure rules before any numeric total.
State the controls required for the assigned tier.
Name decision authority, owner and review date.
04Trigger review
Record product, process, site or ownership changes.
Review recalls, regulatory action and significant complaints.
Review delivery deviations and corrective-action evidence.
Preserve prior decisions and the reason for every status change.
Close the loop
Translate the decision into receiving, testing or audit controls. Reassess after changes, complaints, recalls, repeated deviations or expired evidence.
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How to use the downloaded checklist
Open the CSV in your spreadsheet app. Adapt the checks, enter your approved criteria and add any missing site requirements. Use the result, action, owner, due date and verification columns to document follow-up.
Keep the original observation when a check fails. Record the corrective action and verification separately so the full sequence remains clear.
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