Quality and quality assurance is essential to any food business. This one day course aims to introduce participants to the requirements of quality and quality assurance as it relates to the production of food. It introduces the principles of quality standards and links these to the various processes that can be implemented to audit and control these standards. By the end of the course participants should have the knowledge and skills that will enable them to organise, implement and report on an audit process.

The workshop is practically based and will allow individuals to develop both their understanding and skills.

The course will ensure that participants:

• Understand quality and quality standards
• Understand the principles of the audit process
• Understand the skills of an auditor
• Be able to prepare an audit
• Be able to effectively complete an audit process
• Be able to report on the results of an audit