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Podcast 3 – The Future of Audits

We had the privilege to co-chair in November 2020 a session on the future of audits at the China International Food Safety & Quality (CIFSQ) conference. This podcast details a summary of what views, trends and insights were discussed.
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Marc Cwikowski
December 28, 2020

We had the privilege to co-chair in November 2020 a session on the future of audits at the China International Food Safety & Quality (CIFSQ) conference. We had government, industry, food service, certification program owner and certification bodies representatives sharing their view on what the future of audits could look like. This podcast details a summary of what views, trends and insights were discussed.

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