Second-party international remote audit in food safety management in the context of post-pandemic developments

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the post-pandemic scenario regarding to auditing practices in the food safety management, considering the international food supply chains by means of remote or hybrid protocols auditing, as well as such practices impact in the supplier’s qualification efficiency. A bibliographical review of the published scientific articles about the experience of several countries which conducted research in order to capture the stakeholders’ perception involved in remote audits, as well as comparing with Multiple Study Cases of remote auditing carried out by the author, with a descriptive and qualitative statistics in the last twenty-four months are presented. As a result, one hundred per center remote auditing protocols may be effective as part of the process used by companies to qualify international suppliers of food supply chains by following the principles already set in the best practices identified in academic research.