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Chapter 5.2 Audit - Execution - Internal - Halal - Auditing
Chapter 5.2 Audit - Execution - Internal - Halal - Auditing
Auditing
Audit Execution
By:
Ahmad Sahir Jais
Foodservices
(Halal Practices)
Audit Planning & Preparation
Preamble of a good audit process should have a:
• During preparatory meeting, lead • The audit must be benchmarked • A checklist is a list that contains
auditor and auditor, as well as the against a set of predetermined set of points/ elements for assessment and
Auditee, must prepare and draft standards, policies, procedures or a tool often used and prepared by
audit schedule or audit plans. requirements. auditors for assessing the assurance
• During this meeting, it should be • It will be compared with the of the halal products.
made clear regarding the purposes evidence collected. • It will ensure that every aspect of
of the audit, personal affected, • The standards will be using a the elements and operation clearly
agendas for opening and closing reference standard for halal defined and covered.
meeting, attendance form, audit compliances.
checklist and NCR forms. • The standards are MS1500:2019 Halal
• Auditing team should set a limit to Food production, preparation,
their audit parameters to the scope handling & storage and JAKIM Manual
of documentation, workers, raw procedure of Halal Certification
material and ingredients, hygienic Malaysia MPPHM (D) 2020
factors, premises, procedure,
equipment, storage and packaging.
Audit Execution
Adequacy
Audit
On-site / Compliance
Audit
Adequacy
Audit
Adequacy audit is an audit that evaluates all documentation in
the HAS system. It includes documentation submitted for the
purposes of applying halal certificate at JAKIM. It is also a desktop
document audit which purposes are to:
Examine the documents in the halal file.
Examine supportive documents, for example, product
specification and halal certificate.
Verify that all elements of the MS1500:2019 and
halal principle as
required by Shariah law have been addressed.
FIGURE 5.3: Flow Chart of Adequacy Audit
• Adequacy audit begins with
the review of all related
documentation such as a halal
Halal File, SOP and file, standard operating
Procedure, Work
Instruction, Halal procedure, work
Assurance System
and halal assurance system.
instruction
• The documents will
benchmarked against be
halal checklist. the
Halal Audit Checklist • Results from the checklist will
be used to prepare an NCR
reports into an adequacy
report.
Adequacy Audit
Report • Only after these adequacy
audit has been conducted, the
actual compliance audit can
begin.
• One key element in adequacy
audit is the Halal file.
• The halal file is a requirement
imposes by JAKIM during
documentation inspection.
Registration of company/business
Copies of identity cards and offer letter for two Muslims at the production
area, or cook at the food premise or checker for the slaughter house
opening
meeting
Conduct
Audit
Review
Audit
Finding
Closing
Meeting
OPENING MEETING
Opening Meeting
CLOSING MEETING
OPENING MEETING
Opening Meeting
CLOSING MEETING
OPENING MEETING
CONDUCT
AUDIT
REVIEW AUDIT
FINDING
CLOSING MEETING
OPENING MEETING
CONDUCT
AUDIT
Compliance audit can only be commenced
after the opening meeting. The audit must be CONDUCT
conducted at the time of processing or the AUDIT
business is in motion and operational.
CLOSING MEETING
OPENING MEETING
For hotel kitchen, the flow of workers could give some hints
over the flow of material between halal and non- halal
structure such as storage and utensils.
CLOSING MEETING
OPENING MEETING
CONDUCT
AUDIT
During this visit, the auditor will assess management CONDUCT
commitment in relation with: AUDIT
Halal policy
Internal halal committee
Halal executive REVIEW AUDIT
FINDING
Internal halal audit
Communication on current issues and potential
issues
CLOSING MEETING
OPENING MEETING
CLOSING MEETING
OPENING MEETING
An effective audit execution should have these following criteria such as:
CONDUCT
Concentrating on a particular process that has halal practices implication AUDIT
from beginning to end,
Cross interfaces between areas, functions or departments wherever they
exist,
Visit all locations,
REVIEW AUDIT
Question directly the staff who actually carrying out the task, FINDING
Choosing a correct location,
Gathering sampling and evidence and Have a proper questioning
technique.
CLOSING MEETING
OPENING MEETING
Audit Checklist
Apart from detailed questions and
questioning techniques, the checklist could CONDUCT
help in speeding up the whole process. AUDIT
Audit checklist must be through in examining the whole aspect of the halal integrity
system. It must be constructed objectively about the known term of reference. The key
REVIEW AUDIT
FINDING
principles of developing a halal checklist are “what to look” and “what to look for”. By
having a Halal critical point (HCP) identified early on in the system, auditor’s task has
been made less complicated. This is because the key critical areas have been
identified and the auditor now know “what to look and what to look for”.
CLOSING MEETING
OPENING MEETING
Objective evidence that an audit was performed
AUDIT
INTERNAL
ANIMAL BASED
HALAL
INGREDIENTS
COMMITTEE
CONDUCT
AUDIT
HALAL
SLAUGHTERER CRITICAL AREAS
ASSURANCE
CERTIFICATE IN AUDITING
SYSTEM
REVIEW AUDIT
FINDING
MUSLIM
INGREDIENTS
WORKER/
AND PRODUCT
HALAL
CHECKER
SPECIFICATIO
N
IMPORT
CLOSING MEETING
OPENING MEETING
CLOSING MEETING
CLOSING MEETING
OPENING MEETING
The Essence of Closing Meeting
CLOSING MEETING
Lead auditor should Reconfirm scope of Make clear that
CONDUCTING A CLOSING MEETING circulate attendance list audit
purposes of audit was to
check for compliances
OPENING MEETING
Obtaining signature of
Leaving copies of non-
Arranging the nature &
REVIEW AUDIT
the auditee on the
conformances report to
auditee for further
time scale for any FINDING
summary report form required follow up audit
action
Audit summary
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