Supplier Audits & Supplier Approval Services
A strong supplier approval program is essential for protecting your brand, ensuring regulatory compliance, and delivering safe, high-quality food products. UFSG provides independent supplier audits, supplier evaluations, and supplier approval services to help food manufacturers, retailers, food service companies, distributors, and importers effectively manage supplier food safety risks.
Our experienced food safety consultants conduct objective supplier assessments to verify that suppliers have implemented effective food safety management systems and comply with applicable regulatory and customer requirements.
Whether you are approving a new supplier, monitoring an existing supplier, or importing food into Canada, we help you build confidence throughout your supply chain.
Supplier Management & Supplier Approval
Our supplier management services include:
- Supplier selection and qualification
- Supplier risk assessments
- Supplier evaluations and approval
- On-site supplier audits and inspections
- Ongoing supplier performance monitoring
- Supplier compliance verification
- Corrective action follow-up
- Supplier audit reports with practical recommendations
Our independent supplier audits help verify compliance with customer requirements, food safety standards, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), HACCP principles, and regulatory requirements.
Foreign Supplier Selection for Canadian Importers
Under Canada’s Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR), food importers are responsible for ensuring that imported food is safe and has been manufactured, prepared, stored, packaged, and labelled under conditions that provide a level of protection equivalent to Canadian regulatory requirements.
UFSG assists Canadian importers by:
- Evaluating and approving foreign food suppliers
- Conducting foreign supplier audits
- Assessing food safety management systems
- Reviewing preventive control programs
- Verifying compliance with SFCR requirements
- Supporting supplier approval documentation
- Reducing supply chain and regulatory risks
Our supplier assessments help importers demonstrate due diligence while strengthening supplier confidence and regulatory compliance.
We help Canadian importers select, evaluate and approve foreign suppliers to ensure the imported food is safe and meets the appropriate SFCR requirements.
Foreign Supplier Food Safety Program Assessments
Food exporters supplying products to the Canadian market must demonstrate that their food safety systems meet Canadian regulatory expectations.
UFSG conducts comprehensive assessments of foreign supplier food safety programs to determine whether food has been manufactured under sanitary conditions and in accordance with preventive control requirements that are consistent with the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations.
Our assessments include:
- Food safety management system reviews
- HACCP program evaluations
- GMP and sanitation assessments
- Preventive control verification
- Documentation and records review
- Facility inspections
- Regulatory compliance assessments
- Recommendations for continuous improvement
These assessments help exporters identify and address compliance gaps before products are shipped to Canada, reducing the risk of regulatory issues and supply chain disruptions.
We can help conduct assessment on foreign supplier food safety programs to determine whether the Canadian requirements are met before the food is exported to Canada.
Looking for an experienced partner to support your supplier approval and ongoing monitoring program?
Our experienced food safety consultants can help you evaluate and approve suppliers, conduct independent supplier audits, verify regulatory compliance, monitor supplier performance, and strengthen your overall food safety management system.
