Annex B of ISO 22003 states that the minimum time for on-site auditing of the product and/or service realization of the organization shall be 50% of the total minimum audit time (applies to all type of audits).
Product and/or service realization includes only production/service area, storages, labs’ visits?
OR
Product and/or service realization includes not only production/service area, storages and labs’ visits, but also auditing documentation (e.g. review of process flow diagrams, hazard analysis, PRP plans, records for PRP, OPRP, withdrawal, emergency drills, verifications, etc.) on desk at client’s premises before or after visiting production/service area, storages, labs’ visits?
March 2019
Annex B states that the minimum time for on-site auditing of the product and/or service realization of the organization shall be 50 % of the total minimum audit time (applies to all type of audits). It should be noted that this activity is not necessarily a stand-alone part of the audit.
Product and/or service realization includes only production/ service area, storages, labs’ visits but not auditing documentation.
Please also refer to the note in Annex B
NOTE 2 Product and service realization processes do not include activities related to FSMS development,
training, control, audit, review and improvement.
According to this note, only review of process flow diagrams and verifications may be covered by product and/or service realization term.