Findings register
- Formal findings: 0, 0 batches in scope.
- Observations recorded: 0.
Global Compliance
Assurance and evidence
When an auditor or an inspector arrives, evidence has to be found in a hurry, and gaps appear for the first time.
Demonstration: Pinecrest Foods plc (fictional) · Food manufacturing. Fictional data and a scripted answer.
The situation
- Organisation
- Pinecrest Foods plc (fictional)
- Who is asking
- Head of assurance
- Industry
- Food manufacturing
- What happened
- The assurance team has tested a sample of food-safety records and must decide which results need a formal finding.
The question asked
Which sampled records failed their test, and which failures need a formal finding?
What it reads, and who can see the result
- Assurance test sheet fileSampled records with the test applied.
- Finding criteria documentWhat counts as a formal finding.
- Reads
- The sampled records' test outcomes and the criteria.
- Does not read
- Supplier commercial terms or employee data.
- Permission
- Assurance team's access to the test sheet.
- Who sees it
- The head of assurance and the quality director.
Try it
Review each flagged record: confirm it or dismiss it. The totals and the answer below follow your decisions.
| Record | Test applied | Site | Batches affected | Finding | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCP-0412 | Temperature log complete | North | 12 | Matched | None needed |
| CCP-0418 | Temperature log complete | North | 12 | Four readings missing; no explanation recorded | |
| CLN-0203 | Cleaning verified by a second person | South | 8 | Matched | None needed |
| CLN-0207 | Cleaning verified by a second person | South | 8 | Verified by the same person who cleaned | |
| ALG-0091 | Allergen changeover signed | East | 3 | Changeover signed after production restarted | |
| TRC-0150 | Supplier certificate in date | East | 20 | Certificate expired nine days earlier; deliveries accepted | |
| TRC-0152 | Supplier certificate in date | North | 20 | Matched | None needed |
- Flagged
- 4 of 7 · 43
- Formal finding
- 0 · 0
- Observation only
- 0 · 0
- Undecided
- 4 · 43
The answer
Simulated answer. Written for this fictional case, not produced by a live model. Only the figures in it are computed, from what you decided above.
4 of 7 sampled records failed, touching 43 batches.
The failures are not equal: a missing temperature log and a self-verified cleaning record are control weaknesses, an allergen changeover signed late is a food-safety risk, and accepting deliveries on an expired certificate affects the most batches [S1][S2].
You have recorded 0 as formal findings (0 batches) and 0 as observations (0); 4 are undecided. The criteria set the threshold, but the call is a person's.
Relies on: S1 · Assurance test sheet, OctoberS2 · Finding criteria v2
Review and approval
The head of assurance decides. Approving issues the formal findings to the site owners with a due date for response. It does not recall a product or stop production.
Not ready to approve. 4 flagged samples are still undecided. Confirm or dismiss each one first.
In the product this is a different person with the right permission. Here you play that role to see the rule.
What it produces
Test evidence
- Each finding cites the sampled record and the criterion applied.
Limits of this example
- A sample says something about the records tested, not the whole population.
- Whether a product was safe is outside this review.
- This is a scripted demonstration on fictional data. No model was called and no real organisation, person or result is shown.
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