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Reviewed 26 October 2026. Original publication date retained: 2025-01-28.
A food-production issue may require specialist technical and regulatory investigation. A quality-management audit can examine how information, decisions and corrective actions are controlled without asserting medical outcomes or the cause of a named outbreak.
Questions to follow in an audit
- How are investigation responsibilities and specialist input arranged?
- How are affected batches and decisions identified in the records?
- Who checks that corrective action is effective before closure?
Connect the records with practice
Sample an investigation through its evidence, decisions, assigned actions and the later check used to justify closure.
These are illustrative audit trails, not findings about a named organisation, technical instructions or a guarantee of a particular result. The appropriate evidence depends on the activities, risks and agreed scope. The organisation remains responsible for its operations and legal obligations.
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Further reading: ISO quality management.