[Checklist] Is Your SQF Program Built to Run Every Day Or Just Before Your Audit?

SQF Edition 10 holds your operation to a single standard: your program runs right every day, and not just when an auditor is scheduled.

Edition 10's target implementation date is January 2, 2027, with audit windows opening as early as October 2026. The facilities that certify without scrambling won't be the ones that prepped hardest in the final weeks. They'll be the ones whose records prove the program was running in February, in July, on days nobody was watching.

This checklist covers the six areas where Edition 10 places the most documentation weight: food safety culture, change management, environmental monitoring, CAPA, allergen management, and supplier compliance. It asks whether your records reflect a program that runs every day, not one assembled just before an audit.

Download the checklist and find out where your program actually stands.

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