Internal and Supplier Auditing Practices based on Food Safety Management Systems Training Course in South Africa (FS26)
This internal and supplier auditing training course helps learners build practical competence in FSMS-based auditing, internal audit planning, supplier audit practices, audit reporting and audit programme improvement for food businesses in South Africa and beyond.
Choose the auditing training format that best suits your learners, audit needs and operational requirements
This FS26 internal and supplier auditing course supports online self-paced learning, virtual instructor-led classroom training and onsite physical classroom delivery for businesses and teams in South Africa.
Online Self-paced Training
A flexible auditing learning option for individuals or businesses that want learners to start at any time, work through the material independently and complete the course at their own pace.
- ✓Flexible online self-paced course access
- ✓Duration: 20 hours
- ✓Start at any time
- ✓Useful for remote learners and budget-conscious teams
Virtual Classroom Training
Live Zoom-based internal and supplier auditing training for QA personnel, auditors, managers and technical teams who need facilitated explanation, guided discussion and practical examples.
- ✓Instructor-led virtual classroom
- ✓Duration: 2.5 days
- ✓Presented via Zoom
- ✓Suitable for public bookings and team development
Physical Classroom Training
A face-to-face classroom option for organisations that need onsite or in-house internal and supplier audit training for food safety, quality assurance and technical teams.
- ✓Onsite or in-house delivery
- ✓Duration: 2.5 days
- ✓Suitable for company audit teams and management personnel
- ✓Minimum learner numbers may apply
Designed for stronger internal audit competence, supplier audit confidence and better FSMS verification performance
This programme is especially valuable for organisations that need capable internal auditors, stronger supplier auditing practices and improved audit programme effectiveness across food safety management systems.
Audit programme understanding
The course explains how to establish, implement, manage and improve an internal auditing programme based on Food Safety Management System requirements and practical auditing objectives.
Internal and supplier audit competence
Learners strengthen their ability to prepare for audits, gather evidence, generate findings, report objectively and support continual improvement through both internal and supplier audit activities.
Standards-based application
The course supports practical auditing relevance across FSMS-based standards such as ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, BRCGS, GLOBALG.A.P., IFS and related systems used in food businesses.
Course Introduction
This internal and supplier auditing practices course based on Food Safety Management Systems equips learners with the practical knowledge and structured understanding needed to become more effective internal and supplier auditors in food handling and food manufacturing environments.
- ✓Focus on FSMS-based internal and supplier auditing skills
- ✓Explains auditing tools, audit planning, findings and reporting
- ✓Supports improvement of existing audit programmes and auditor competence
Delegates receive helpful auditing templates and are expected to perform a practical internal audit activity as part of the assessment process.
Who Should Attend?
This course is intended for people directly involved in internal auditing, supplier auditing, quality assurance, quality control and Food Safety Management System implementation or maintenance.
- ✓Internal auditors and supplier auditors
- ✓QA managers, QA personnel and technical managers
- ✓QC managers and food safety system personnel
- ✓Companies certified or implementing ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, BRCGS, GLOBALG.A.P., IFS or similar systems
Minimum prerequisites: the learner should already have implementation-level knowledge, previous training or equivalent experience in a Food Safety Management System standard such as ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, BRCGS, IFS or a related scheme.
Key topics covered in the FS26 internal and supplier auditing practices training course
The course outline below reflects the main internal auditing, supplier auditing, audit programme management and standards-based FSMS auditing topics covered during this advanced programme.
The audit process and audit programme management
- ✓What a food safety audit is
- ✓Standards-based food safety audits
- ✓The importance of food safety audits
- ✓Different audit categories
- ✓Auditing tools and audit principles
- ✓Managing the audit programme
- ✓Establishing the audit programme
- ✓Determining audit programme resources
- ✓Implementing an audit programme
- ✓Selecting audit team members
- ✓Assigning audit responsibility to the audit team leader
- ✓Managing audit programme results and records
- ✓Monitoring the audit programme
Conducting audits and auditor competence
- ✓Initiating the audit
- ✓Audit planning
- ✓Generating audit findings
- ✓Determining audit conclusions
- ✓Preparing and distributing the audit report
- ✓Food safety auditor requirements
- ✓Roles and responsibilities of auditors
- ✓Audit process summary and practical expectations
- ✓Preparing to conduct a GAP audit
- ✓Internal and supplier auditing requirements for the relevant standard
- ✓Overview of the relevant standard’s auditing protocol
- ✓Workplace assignment and classroom assessment
What learners and food businesses gain from this FSMS internal and supplier auditing course
The aim is stronger auditing competence, better internal verification performance and more confident application of audit tools, findings and reporting requirements.
Better practical auditing ability
Learners should leave with a better understanding of internal audits, supplier audits, audit programme weaknesses, evidence gathering, findings and reporting within FSMS-based environments.
Certificate of achievement
The learner receives a certificate of achievement after successful completion. A course pass rate of 70% is required to receive the course certificate.
Useful workplace application
This course supports practical workplace value for businesses that need stronger internal auditors, better supplier monitoring and more effective audit systems for continual improvement.
Upcoming virtual internal and supplier auditing classroom training events
Bookings in advance are strongly recommended. If no public dates are shown, on-demand virtual classroom and onsite physical classroom delivery can still be arranged for companies and teams in South Africa.
Time: 09:00 am to 04:30 pm (Timezone UTC/GMT +2 hours)
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If you need support with FS26 course registration, internal and supplier auditing training enquiries, virtual classroom delivery, onsite team training, pricing or learner planning, complete the form and ASC Food Safety Consultants will review your request.
Common questions about the FS26 internal and supplier auditing course
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Internal and Supplier Auditing Practices based on FSMS is a practical training course teaching how to plan, conduct, report and improve internal and supplier audits within a food safety management system. Aimed at QA/QC personnel, internal auditors, supervisors and food businesses across South Africa, it builds the auditing competence needed to support FSSC 22000, ISO 22000, BRCGS and HACCP systems. Available online self-paced, virtual or classroom from ASC Food Safety Consultants.
Key facts
- Delivery: Online self-paced, virtual instructor-led, or in-house classroom training
- Who it's for: QA/QC personnel, internal auditors, supervisors, HACCP teams and food businesses
- Covers: Audit planning, conducting audits, findings, audit reporting and audit programme improvement
- Applies to: FSMS audits including FSSC 22000, ISO 22000, BRCGS and HACCP systems
- Certificate: Certificate of completion issued by ASC Food Safety Consultants
- Areas served: South Africa nationwide, with offices in Gqeberha, Johannesburg and Cape Town
Frequently asked questions
What does the internal and supplier auditing training course cover?
The course covers the full audit cycle for a food safety management system: planning the audit programme, preparing checklists, conducting internal and supplier audits, gathering objective evidence, writing up findings and non-conformities, audit reporting, and using results to improve the programme. It applies the principles to FSMS standards such as FSSC 22000, ISO 22000, BRCGS and HACCP, with practical examples relevant to South African food businesses.
How is the internal and supplier auditing course delivered in South Africa?
You can take it online self-paced, as a virtual instructor-led session, or as in-house classroom training at your site. Online self-paced suits individuals fitting study around shift work, while in-house delivery lets a whole audit team train together on your own processes and documentation. ASC Food Safety Consultants delivers all formats across South Africa.
Do I need to be a qualified auditor before taking this course?
No. The course is built for QA/QC personnel, supervisors, HACCP team members and others who need to perform internal or supplier audits without prior formal auditor qualifications. It teaches auditing practices from a practical foundation, so you finish able to plan and run audits within your food safety management system. Some food safety knowledge is helpful but not essential.
What is the difference between an internal audit and a supplier audit?
An internal audit checks your own food safety management system against the standard and your procedures to confirm it works and find improvement areas. A supplier audit assesses an external supplier's controls to verify they can supply safe, compliant materials. This course teaches both, because credible FSMS standards like FSSC 22000 and BRCGS require effective internal auditing and supplier approval and monitoring.
Will this auditing course help with our FSSC 22000 or BRCGS certification?
Yes. Internal auditing is a mandatory requirement of FSMS standards including FSSC 22000, ISO 22000 and BRCGS, and supplier control is a key part of those systems. Training competent internal auditors helps you identify and fix gaps before a certification audit, strengthening audit readiness. ASC also offers standard-specific implementation training and document toolkits to support certification.
Do learners receive a certificate for the internal and supplier auditing course?
Yes. Learners who complete the course receive a certificate of completion from ASC Food Safety Consultants confirming the auditing training undertaken. This supports your competence records, which auditors often review when assessing the qualifications of your internal audit team. Contact ASC for details on duration and current enrolment.
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