Receiving procedure for Food Warehouses
Keywords Certificate of conformity A document issued by a supplier showing that the supplied products meet a specific criterion Non-conforming record A form in which details of products that don’t conform to quality standards are recorded for traceability. Non-conforming area A designated place in the storage area in which non-conforming goods are separated from the rest of the products while awaiting final disposition. Receiving Procedure It is perhaps the most important of all warehouse activities. If done wrong, it doesn't matter how well-handled other activities are - the output will be non-conforming products. To explain this better, I will borrow a computing phrase "g arbage in, garbage out." There are several quality checks carried out at the receiving stage, and these include; delivery truck inspection, food product inspection, and receiving area inspection. Remember, all these quality inspections target possible hazards identified d...