Initial Audit Checklist for MSC Certification

Online audit checklist for MSC Certification - Initial Audit
This form is to check conformity with the MSC requirements as outlined in the Policy Manual, in cases where you don't need an audit on-site.

You will be asked to upload some evidence - in general this means photos - and a normal smartphone photo is fine. You can upload multiple images - and if you are unsure what is required - there are some good examples here

There are 19 questions in total.
PART 1 of 5 - THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MSC REPRESENTATIVE

The MSC representative is the person with overall responsibility for the MSC requirements in the business. This is normally the owner or site manager, and they should complete this form. All staff need some understanding about MSC - but you are the person who needs to be really clued up, so this form will test that you understand the requirements as well!
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Are you a National Federation of Fish Fryers Quality Award Holder?*

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1. The MSC representative must have control over certain aspects of the business to ensure that the requirements will be followed by everyone else. Please confirm that you are responsible for the following:

Deciding or 'approving' which suppliers can be used for MSC fish, and making sure that staff don't buy any MSC fish from suppliers which you haven't approvedDesigning or approving the design of menusEnsuring that if you accidentally mislabel non-MSC fish as MSC, this is reported to the ROC Group manager within 2 daysInforming the ROC Group manager if you wish to use new suppliers for MSC fish, or new MSC species.
2. Do you contract any other company to store, process, or transport MSC products? (The answer is probably no, but you may use offsite storage facilities?

PART 3 of 5 - IN THE KITCHEN
11. MSC Certified fish must be identifiable in storage, so you can always tell which fish is MSC from delivery through to final service. Describe how you ensure this is the case.
12. Please provide some photos of your storage, refrigeration and other holding areas to show that MSC certified fish is identifiable and seperate throughout the premises

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13. What will you do if you run out of MSC Certified products mid-service?
TEST! - tick to confirm understanding*

If something goes wrong with your storage labelling system, and you can no longer tell if the product is MSC Certified or not, you must not sell it as MSC Certified. Eat it all yourself.If you run out of MSC Certified fish during service, you must not substitute for an alternative, non-MSC option.

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Online audit checklist for MSC Certification - Initial Audit