KU Leuven BiFTec-FOOD4S

Food Safety and Quality Fundamentals

Carolyn Lee
Quality management systems and traceability implementation
Your trainer- Carolyn Lee

■ 14 years in quality, traceability and supply chain management across US,

Asia and Europe in functions with increasing responsibility
• ■ Assistant Group QM for 20 companies under the group (Fruit and Veg
sector sector)
■ International experience as expert in ISO 22000 implementation within the
food industry + contributor in ISO/TC34
■ Supported global traceability trainings
■ Speaker at international events: IDF, World Bank, EU-ASEAN forum, Food
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Course objectives
• To give an overview of the ISO 22000 and key components such as traceability, risk management and
recall
• To provide an overview of traceability in supply chains and discuss about global standards and
other ISO related standards which support business cases
• To provide sufficient knowledge of standards to develop a methodological way for traceability
implementation
• To improve quality systems through the use of audit methodology and standards
• Case study discussions on food safety issues including traceability and other related topics

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Agenda 20 Oct 2021
Topic
Time

13:00 – 13:15 Welcome and introduction

Compliance and standards within an organisational context:

13:15 – 14:15 • Global trends
• Legal Framework on food safety & traceability
• Quality & Traceability Standards (ISO 22000:2018 requirements)

14:15 – 14:45 Exercise 1: Case study of compliance and its impact

GS1 Global Traceability Standard

• Understanding traceability concepts
14:45 - 15:45
• Traceability data & traceability systems
• Key requirements and key enablers for interoperable traceability systems

15:45 – 16:45
Exercise 2: Building a framework for traceability within the supply chain

16:45 – 17:00 Summing up and conclusions

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Agenda 21 Oct 2020
Time Topic

Batch/Lot and Traceability Links Management

• What is batch/lot
09:30 – 10:30
• Relation between batch/lot and Traceability
• Managing batch/lot allocation in various environments

10:30 – 11:30 Exercise 3: Links management

Conducting risk management using the bow tie methodology

• Designing risk management and integrating it into a traceability system
• Exercise
11:30 - 12:00
Traceability Applications : Recall/ Withdrawal Process
• Recall/withdrawal process based on batch/lot management
• Exercise

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break

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Agenda 21 Oct 2021
Topic
Time
*Continuation
Traceability Applications : Recall/ Withdrawal Process
13:00 – 14:00 • Recall/withdrawal process based on batch/lot management
• Exercise

14:00 – 15:00 Auditing under ISO 19011: Principles, definitions & terminology, auditing activities etc.

15:00 – 15:30 GS1 Global Traceability Audit Criteria: Knowing the checklist & control points

15:30 – 16:15 Workshop 1: Knowing the GS1 Global Traceability Compliance Criteria Standard

THE AUDIT ACTIVITIES

• The Initial Meeting
• The Audit Team
• Functions and Responsibilities of the Audit Team
16:15 – 17:00
• Establishing initial contact with the auditee
• Defining audit Objectives and Scope
• Defining the Traceable Item
• Conducting document review

17:00 – 17:30
Workshop 2: Find the control point

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What to bring?
Please bring the following with you to your training
session:

▪ GS1 Global Traceability Standard framework

▪ GS1 Global Traceability Compliance Criteria

Standard

▪ Laptop