This course will provide attendees with a hands-on understanding of the necessary preparation steps, self-assessment, active auditing techniques and report writing skills required to become an effective internal auditor of food processing operations. An overview of current FDA and private third party certification system requirements (GFSI & ISO) applicable to the food processing industry will provide the attendees with a benchmark to be used in assessment food processing plant operations. Attendees will be exposed through hands-on examples of how to organize and summarize all of the information collected from an audit into a draft and final audit report. Demonstrations on the use of hand-held devices will be provided to familiarize attendees on how to use modern electronic technology to reduce the cycle time from the point when the first information for an audit is gathered to the submission of a final audit report.