Ensure food safety excellence with comprehensive food safety audits and solutions for supermarkets, food outlets and retail chains
Food safety isn’t just a regulatory requirement, it’s a promise we make to our customers. A promise of trust, quality, and care. Consumers expect safe, traceable, and responsibly sourced food products, and retailers must be confident that their supply chains meet rigorous safety and performance standards.
Intertek provides comprehensive, independent food safety audit services tailored specifically for UK retailers. Our audits go beyond ticking boxes—they create opportunities to strengthen your processes, enhance product quality, and protect your brand reputation. From proper storage temperatures to hygiene protocols, every detail matters.
Benefits of food safety audits for retail:
- Ensure compliance with regulations and industry standards.
- Identify risks before they become liabilities.
- Build confidence with your customers, partners, and teams
Your Partner in Food Safety Auditing
We offer a flexible, risk-based approach to auditing that meets the unique needs of UK retailers, including:
Ensure at the store level that proper protocols are followed for food safety, hygiene, display advertising, health and safety, environmental management, as well as other critical operational metrics. Adherence to these items is measured via scheduled or unannounced audits.
Assess food manufacturers, processors, and co-packers for compliance with your safety and quality standards and those of national or international requirements.
Independent evaluations of private label products for food safety, labelling, and regulatory compliance.
In-depth site assessments covering hygiene practices, pest control, allergen management, and good manufacturing practices.
Auditing to BRCGS Food Safety, START! or Storage & Distribution, FSSC 22000, IFS, and ISO 22000—or bespoke audit frameworks built around your brand requirements.
Support suppliers in addressing non-conformities with practical, time-bound improvement plans.
Combine food safety with assessments aligned to social compliance (SMETA, SEDEX), environmental impact, and modern slavery requirements.
Our team of world-class Technical Managers and Consultants have a wealth of industry experience across all sectors of the food supply chain. and can help with projects such as supplier management, compliance monitoring, policies and codes of practice, specification management, crisis management and continuous improvement.
Through our global network of sustainability experts and integrated Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification solutions, we are uniquely placed to help organisations understand, achieve and validate their existing and emerging sustainability goals for their products, assets, facilities, systems, processes and environment.
Design and delivery of training programmes for employees, including food handling, food safety, health and safety, environmental practices and more. Training services are delivered via e-learning, webinars, onsite or Microbiology public training.
Food testing is integral to the efficient production of safe, quality products. Intertek’s own network of testing laboratories providers a comprehensive range of food testing services including:
- Shelf Life Testing
- Chemical & Nutritional Requirements
- Migration Testing in Food Packaging
- GMOs
- Honey Authenticity
- Pesticides
- Contaminants (Mycotoxins)
- And more
Ready to level up your food safety practices? Let’s connect to explore how audits can elevate your retail operations. Your customers deserve nothing less than the best!
