Operating Records Required to Be Kept by Organic Certification Bodies and Their Methods and Periods

Release date:2019-09-11
This Table was promulgated on Jun. 5, 2019 per Order Nung-Liang-Tze 1081069323A.
 
No. Item Description of contents Retention period Retention method
1 Quality Manual Commitment of top management to the development of its quality system and ensuring its effective operation, including quality objectives, strategies, and operating procedures. Six years after the version is no longer applicable In paper document or electronic file
2 Certification Operating Procedures Operating procedures such as initial audit, surveillance, renewal audit and extensional audit and relevant documents Six years after the version is no longer applicable
3 Records of Certification Activities Records related to the application, audit, sampling for testing, review or certification decisions, etc. of each certification case Six years
4 Personnel Qualification Documents,Training and Appraisal Records Qualification documents, training and appraisal records of the personnel conducting audit, sampling for testing, reviews, and certification decisions related to certification activities Six years starting from the date of departure from the organization; kept updated until the departure
5 Internal Audit Records Checklists, non-conformance reports, corrective actions, and their review records Six years
6 Documents Related to Selection and Evaluation of Outsourced Service Institutions and Their Execution Records
  1. Qualification and selection criteria for institutions that provide the outsourced service
  2. Evaluation records of the outsourced services
  3. Records related to the outsourced service.
Six years
 
出處:Agriculture and Food Agency, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, R.O.C(TAIWAN)
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