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An auditor doesn’t just ask whether you have a policy. They ask who approved it, when, what version was in effect at a given point in time, and whether anyone can produce the one before it. The most common cause of an audit finding isn’t a missing program – it’s not being able to answer those questions fast, on the spot, with a record instead of a guess.
What Auditors Actually Ask For
- Who approved this document, and when.
- What version was in effect on a given date.
- What changed between versions, and why.
- Evidence that a document control process is actually being followed – not just described in a policy binder.
How HACCP Builder Answers It
Every time an SOP, SSOP, or a HACCP Plan record – Business Information, Program Overview, your HACCP Team roster, Process Overview – gets edited, at either the facility or corporate level, HACCP Builder automatically records who made the change and when. Nothing extra to fill out, no separate log to maintain – it happens as part of the normal edit-and-save workflow your team already uses.
The Previous Version Is Never Gone
HACCP Builder archives the version of a document as it existed right before each edit, so the prior version is never overwritten or lost. Pull it up any time to see exactly what a document said before a given change – not a reconstruction, the real thing.
A Real Record of What Changed, and Why
Whoever makes an edit can optionally note what changed and why, right at the point of the edit. That turns your document history into something an auditor can actually read – who changed what, when, and their own words on why – instead of a stack of raw before-and-after diffs.
Built In, Not Bolted On
This isn’t a separate compliance module you have to remember to use. It runs underneath your Documents and Plan Index editing exactly as they already work today, so the evidence builds itself while your team does its normal job.
Why This Matters for GFSI Readiness
Document control, with real version and approval history, is one of the core requirements every GFSI-recognized scheme shares – SQF, BRCGS, FSSC 22000, and IFS all ask for it in some form. See how it fits into the bigger GFSI certification readiness picture, or contact HACCP Builder to see it on your own documents.
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