Supplier Approval and Audits
Maintaining supply chain integrity is critical to protecting your product safety, brand reputation, and compliance with standards such as BRCGS and SALSA. We help food, packaging, and manufacturing businesses establish robust supplier approval programmes and conduct second-party supplier audits on their behalf.
How We Support Your Supply Chain
Supplier Approval Programme Development
Designing practical, risk-based frameworks to evaluate, approve, and monitor raw material, packaging, and service suppliers.
Second-Party Supplier Audits
On-site or remote auditing of key vendors to evaluate compliance against GFSI standards, BRCGS, ISO standards, and customer specifications.
Documentation & Specification Reviews
Verifying supplier self-assessment questionnaires, certificates of analysis (CoAs), allergen declarations, and raw material specifications.
Traceability & Vulnerability Verification
Conducting detailed mass balance checks and vulnerability assessments (VACCP) across your supplier network to guard against food fraud.
Targeted RCA Investigations
Independent, confidential root cause analysis visits to resolve repeated supplier non-conformances or raw material failures quickly.
Why Choose QTC?
Auditor Independence: Objective, expert assessments that demonstrate rigorous second-party oversight to certification bodies and retailers.
Multi-Standard Competence: Experienced auditors qualified across BRCGS, ISO 9001, ISO 22000, and retail codes of practice.
Proportional & Pragmatic: Risk-ranked findings that help you manage supply chain risks without creating unnecessary administrative friction for suppliers.