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Your audit is quickly approaching, and you’ve made sure your documentation is in order, plus checked all the pest control hot spots around your facility. The third piece of the pre-audit puzzle is pesticide storage. While pesticide should not be stored on site if the company has a contracted pest management provider, food facilities that run their own pest management program may have pesticide stored on site.
Due to the specifics that come into play with each unique auditor, it’s best to know exactly what restrictions you should follow – before the auditor arrives. Luckily, NSF and Orkin have teamed up to provide customized tips, based on your specific audit standard, to help eliminate any confusion.
Visit myauditprep.com and enter your next audit date and auditor. You’ll start receiving free pointers in your inbox to guide you through the pre-audit checklist. For even more food safety audit pointers in an instant, download our free Food Safety Modernization Act Special Report.
If you do your own pest control, and you’re ready to check pesticide storage off your list, below are a few of the tips you’ll see:
To get your customized tips for pesticide storage, according to audit standard, sign up here. For a brief overview of the two other essential aspects of pest control audit preparation, you can check out our previous blog posts on proper documentation and pest hot spots and also download our Food Safety Modernization Act Special Report.
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