Retailer supplier audit

Among others, Eurofins Food Assurance companies perform Costco's GMP supplier audits and Costco Addendums. Food manufacturers supplying to Costco are subject to Costco's Food Safety Expectations and audit requirements. Eurofins is an approved food safety audit provider for Costco. 

• Costco small supplier GMP audit: 1 day, If the site has 25 or fewer employees, and this is a first-time audit than the site qualifies for Costco's small supplier GMP audit, which is announced. The site must be compliant with the standard Costco GMP audit by the following year.
• Costco GMP audit, 1 day, this is an unannounced audit.
• Costco addendum, no additional audit time, adding the Costco addendum to an annual GFSI certification audits and pairing the two audits together reduces costs.

Second party audit

Establishing a comprehensive auditing framework allows businesses to earn consumer trust, safeguard their brand reputation, and contribute to the advancement of the food industry. Second party audits in food industry includes evaluating the performance and adherence of suppliers, manufacturers, and sites by entities with direct business ties to them. These audits are vital in maintaining supply chain integrity and preserving the brand reputation of companies through mutually agreed quality standards and country regulations. 

We can customise second party audit programmes and adopt different audit requirements to best suit the complex landscape of food industry. 

Our certification activities are provided by independent companies and separate from consulting activities. Such services are also presented and sold to clients separately, not in bundle or packaged format. Impartiality is safeguarded by Eurofins Assurance’s relevant policies to avoid conflicts of interest.