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From initial GAP audits and hands-on system implementation to internal capability building and 100% final audit clearance — explore the structured methodology behind PureCert Solution's industry-leading success rate.
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A GAP Audit, or Gap Analysis Audit, is a pre-certification assessment service offered by food safety consultants like PureCert Solution Pvt. Ltd. to identify discrepancies between a food business's current practices and required standards such as FSSAI licensing, HACCP, ISO 22000, or GFSI schemes.
It helps clients bridge gaps through tailored recommendations, ensuring smooth compliance during official audits and reducing rejection risks.
What It Involves
- Site Review:On-site inspection of facilities, processes, hygiene, documentation, staff training, and risk control (e.g., allergen management, pest control).
- Standards Check:Comparison against target benchmarks like FSSAI GMP/GHP or global food safety protocols.
- Gap Report:Detailed findings of non-conformances, prioritized action plans, timelines, and cost estimates to close.
Benefits for Clients
- Prepares for mandatory FSSAI or third-party audits, often cutting certification time by 20–30%.
- Early identification avoids costly penalties or license delays.
- Custom training and SOPs tailored to Indian food business setups, dairy, spices, ready-to-eat.
System Implementation refers to the hands-on phase following a GAP Audit in food safety consultancy, where PureCert Solution helps clients operationalize standards like FSSAI HACCP, ISO 22000, or GFSI schemes by developing, training on, and embedding documented processes into daily operations.
Implementation Steps
Our structured approach typically spans 3-6 months:
- Documentation Development:Create tailored SOPs, HACCP plans, policies, work instructions, and records based on GAP recommendations.
- Staff Training:Conduct awareness sessions, role-specific training (e.g., hygiene, hazard control), and FSSAI/FOSTAC certificates for employees.
- Process Rollout:Install controls like supplier approval, critical control points (CCPs), monitoring tools, and non-conformance protocols.
- Internal Audit:Train your team for self-audits; conduct practice audit to verify effectiveness.
- Management Review:Prepare for leadership reviews and pre-certificate checks.
Client Benefits
- Achieves 100% certification success rate in optimal time, often remotely via digital tools.
- Builds sustainable culture of compliance, minimizing recalls or penalties.
- Scalable for small processors to large exporters in dairy, spices, or ready-to-eat sectors.
Regulatory Requirements in food safety refer to the mandatory compliance under India's Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and related laws that PureCert Solution helps clients navigate, including licensing, labeling, GMP, and HACCP for food businesses in India and beyond.
Training programs are a core offering from PureCert Solution, delivering FSSAI-mandated and industry-standard education to food business staff. These sessions cover HACCP, GMP/GHP, Good Storage Practices, hygiene, and various others as pre-certification requirement empowering supervisors and handlers to prevent contamination and meet regulatory compliance.
Benefits for Clients
- Builds internal expertise, reducing reliance on external audits long-term.
- Flexible scheduling.
Internal audits are a proactive service from PureCert Solution where we train your food business team to conduct self-assessments of their Food Safety Management System (FSMS) against various standards like FSSAI, HACCP or ISO 22000, FSSC etc. as per partner requirement verifying ongoing compliance between external audits.
This builds internal capability, identifies minor issues early, and prepares for FSSAI-mandated third-party or risk-based inspections under regulations.
Audit Process
We guide a structured, annual internal audit cycle:
- Planning:Scope selection (e.g., production, hygiene, records), team assignment, checklist based on various standard clauses.
- Execution:On-site checks of processes, documents, CCP monitoring, staff interviews, use digital checklists for hazards, sanitation, training records.
- Reporting:Non-conformances log (major/minor), root cause analysis, corrective actions with timelines.
- Follow-up:Verification of closure, management review input.
- Training:1–2 day workshops for your auditors, including mock audits.
Final Audit Support till NC Closure is the end-to-end assistance from PureCert Solution, guiding food businesses through their various certification audits and ensuring all Non-Conformities (NCs)—major or minor—are fully resolved for successful certification.
We stay engaged from audit preparation to verification, minimizing delays and preventing license suspensions under strict FSSAI rules where reports go directly to authorities.
Support Process
- Pre-Audit Prep:Mock audits, checklist reviews, staff readiness drills using FSSAI/ISO templates.
- During Audit:On-site presence (if permitted), real-time guidance on auditor queries.
- NC Analysis:Classify NCs (minor: 30-day closure, major: corrective plans with root cause via 5 Whys).
- Closure Actions:Develop/implement fixes (e.g., SOP updates, training), gather evidence (photos, logs), submit to agency/FSSAI portal.
- Follow-Up Verification:Auditor re-checks; we ensure 100% closure, often within 28 days for minors.
We provide expert consultancy and end-to-end audit support for the following domestic and global standards:
FSSAI Schedule IV
Hygiene Rating Consultancy
Eat Right Campus
ISO 9001
ISO 22000
FSSC 22000
BRCGS Issue 9 & Issue 7
USFDA
Halal Kosher
Organic (NPOP)
Vegan
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