Does this quiz certify audit readiness?

No. The public quiz is a triage screen. Certification readiness still requires a clause-by-clause internal audit against the scheme or regulator that applies to the site.

Why do the same answers score differently by audit view?

Different schemes and regulators weight documentation, records, traceability, sanitation, and management-system gaps differently. The sample changes weights to show that consequence.

What moves into Plan Keeper?

The saved workspace is for the full quiz, evidence links, assigned fixes, repeat scoring, and inspection-binder export work that must stay editable.

Tools/Audit readiness quiz

Find the audit gaps worth fixing first.

Before Andrew's first CFIA inspection, he needed a scorecard that said what was actually weak, not another generic checklist. This sample gives the same kind of triage: answer one question per high-yield category, switch the audit view, then download a gap report you can use to start the real internal audit.

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sample categories

audit views

questions in app handoff

Scheme view

Weight the same answers by audit context.

The public sample uses one high-yield question per category. The saved app handoff expands the work into the researched 50-question scorecard.

Live sample state

0 ready / 10 gaps

Current priority: Traceability and recall - Run one mock recall this week and keep the timer, lot trail, gaps, and corrective actions.

1. Documentation foundation

Is the written food-safety plan signed, current, and assigned to a qualified owner?

Minor

50%

category

Minor sample gap

Next practical move: Put the current plan, owner, review date, and approval signature on one controlled cover page.

21 CFR §117.126 / SFCR §47 / ISO 22000 §7.5

2. Traceability and recall

Can you run a mock recall from finished lot to input lots and customers within 4 hours?

MajorCore Clause

50%

category

Major sample gap

Next practical move: Run one mock recall this week and keep the timer, lot trail, gaps, and corrective actions.

21 CFR §117.305(b) / SFCR §92-93 / BRCGS 3.9

3. Sanitation and GMPs

Do all food-contact surfaces have written SSOPs, frequency, chemical checks, and verification records?

MajorCore Clause

50%

category

Major sample gap

Next practical move: List every food-contact surface and attach the procedure, frequency, chemical control, and signoff record.

21 CFR §117.35 / SFCR §50 / SQF 11.2

4. HACCP and preventive controls

Does every CCP or preventive control have a limit, monitoring record, correction, and verification step?

MajorCore Clause

50%

category

Major sample gap

Next practical move: Pick the highest-risk control and prove its limit, monitoring form, corrective action, and verification record.

21 CFR §117.130-.160 / Codex CXC 1-1969

5. Training and competence

Is the PCQI, SQF Practitioner, or Food Safety Team Leader role trained and backed up?

MajorCore Clause

50%

category

Major sample gap

Next practical move: Name the primary and backup owner, then file their training proof where an auditor can find it.

21 CFR §117.4 / SFCR §75 / SQF 2.9

6. Allergen control

Is there a documented allergen control program for ingredients, changeover, labels, and rework?

MajorCore Clause

50%

category

Major sample gap

Next practical move: Walk one allergen through receiving, storage, production, rework, label approval, and release.

FALCPA / FASTER Act / SFCR §49 / BRCGS 5.3

7. Records and retention

Can you retrieve required food-safety records for the last 24 months without rebuilding them from memory?

MajorCore Clause

50%

category

Major sample gap

Next practical move: Create a record index with location, owner, retention period, and the most recent missing date.

21 CFR §117.315 / SFCR §91

8. Supplier and receiving

Does every approved supplier have qualification evidence such as a cert, audit, COA, or questionnaire?

MajorCore Clause

50%

category

Major sample gap

Next practical move: Sort suppliers by risk and fill the top five missing approval files before the next receiving cycle.

21 CFR Part 117 Subpart G / FSMA 204 KDEs

9. Environmental monitoring and foreign material

If you make RTE or exposed product, is EMP or foreign-material control documented and trended?

MajorCore Clause

50%

category

Major sample gap

Next practical move: Map zones, sampling points, foreign-material devices, findings, and trend review in one worksheet.

21 CFR §117.130(c)(1)(ii) / SQF 11.2.11 / SQF 11.6

10. Culture and management commitment

Is food-safety culture or management commitment reviewed with objectives, actions, and follow-up?

MinorCore Clause

50%

category

Minor sample gap

Next practical move: Add one management review agenda with objectives, trend review, decisions, owners, and due dates.

SQF 2.1 / BRCGS 1.1 / ISO 22000 §5.1

SQF Edition 10 triage score

50%

Red

The sample answers point to major audit risk. Work the blockers first, then rerun the score.

Sample gap report

Updates live

First fix: Run one mock recall this week and keep the timer, lot trail, gaps, and corrective actions.

Major - Traceability and recall - 21 CFR §117.305(b) / SFCR §92-93 / BRCGS 3.9

blockers

majors

open gaps

Active category

Minor

Documentation foundation

Next practical move: Put the current plan, owner, review date, and approval signature on one controlled cover page.

50%

Next action queue

MajorTraceability and recall

Run one mock recall this week and keep the timer, lot trail, gaps, and corrective actions.

21 CFR §117.305(b) / SFCR §92-93 / BRCGS 3.9

MajorSanitation and GMPs

List every food-contact surface and attach the procedure, frequency, chemical control, and signoff record.

21 CFR §117.35 / SFCR §50 / SQF 11.2

MajorHACCP and preventive controls

Pick the highest-risk control and prove its limit, monitoring form, corrective action, and verification record.

21 CFR §117.130-.160 / Codex CXC 1-1969

MajorTraining and competence

Name the primary and backup owner, then file their training proof where an auditor can find it.

21 CFR §117.4 / SFCR §75 / SQF 2.9

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Planning aid only. It does not certify compliance, predict an auditor decision, or replace a clause-by-clause internal audit.

Need the audit workspace?

Turn the sample score into saved evidence and tasks.

Free is for fast triage and a downloadable sample report. Plan Keeper is where the full quiz, assigned fixes, document links, repeat scoring, and inspection binder stay editable as the audit date gets closer. Pro raises limits for multi-location audit programs; Enterprise is custom.

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Built from the researched scope

The public sample covers documentation, traceability, sanitation, HACCP, training, allergens, records, suppliers, monitoring, and culture.

Limit

This is a planning aid. Use the result to decide where to spend the next week, then run the clause-by-clause internal audit.

Author

Written in Andrew Langevin's operator voice and wired to the HACCPlan author entity.

Source links used for the scorecard scope

FDA Inspection Observations 21 CFR Part 117 Safe Food for Canadians Regulations SQFI Edition 10 transition guidance FSSC 22000 Version 7 update