Grocery Food Safety Audits

Improve your food safety management program, protect your customers, and your reputation.

Food safety requirements in supermarkets and grocery stores

We understand the importance of food safety in supermarkets and grocery stores, and the complexities of making sure that food safety management is consistent as buying behaviors change. To protect the integrity of the food you offer and ensure that it’s safe to eat, we’re ready to help you manage common risk factors, from handling practices to temperature controls.

We leverage decades of auditing and compliance experience, and specialize in providing food safety audits for grocery stores, supermarkets and convenience stores. Our services are designed to help you ensure that your food safety and hygiene requirements, as well as brand standards, are being met.

Phillip Pierce, Senior Director, NSF Audit Delivery, highlights the impact and importance of our audits.

With us, you can:

Drive food safety and public health awareness
Act when needed, using our aggregated audit data
Protect staff and customers
Strengthen your hygiene and food safety culture
Protect your brand reputation

Our audits include:

Food safety systems verification
Sanitation and condition check
Brand standards
Workplace safety
Operational excellence

On-demand webinar

Watch our on-demand webinar about Food Safety in Grocery Operations to learn how to manage risks effectively. A well-planned food safety program can address challenges found in high-risk areas within grocery stores. Our webinar explores the food safety challenges grocers face and explains how a robust food safety program is necessary to keep consumers safe and operations running effectively.

Report: Guide for food safety professionals

Discover the quick win-wins and longer-term efforts that add up to a winning food safety strategy for grocery, convenience and supermarket operations. Our report provides practical advice from NSF experts on how to build an effective market-leading food safety program.

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Switch food safety audits to NSF

Unleash the potential of your food safety system by choosing NSF, a pioneer in food safety audits for over 75 years.

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Food consulting solutions

We can assist with risk assessment, regulatory and label compliance, food fraud, behavioral food safety and crisis management.

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Resources

Sustainability vs. Affordability: Is It Possible to Have Both?
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As economic pressures rise, the food industry faces a critical challenge: how to stay committed to sustainability while remaining competitive. Explore expert insights on balancing affordability and environmental responsibility in today’s cost-sensitive world.
Knowledge Feed: Temperature Control – a Crucial Defense Against the Risks of Foodborne Pathogens
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Storing food at incorrect temperatures remains one of the most common food safety violations for grocery operations. Leverage our expertise in managing temperature control risks.
The Knowledge Feed: The Recipe to Shelf-Life Management Success
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Leverage our deep expertise in shelf-life management gained from thousands of audits with food retail brands. Discover our expert checklist; your recipe to success.