What do you feel when you imagine your next regulatory audit? Stress? Anxiety? Overwhelming dread? The average recall can cost a manufacturer as much as $10 million, making compliance important to your brand as well as your bottom line.

As you manage the daily ins and outs of your quality responsibilities, dealing with a regulatory audit in the moment is just a small part of your role in food safety. However, a successful food safety audit requires extensive preparation, which can make your audit process run much smoother.

Following is an examination of four common food safety audit mistakes; read on to see how you can avoid them and alleviate some of the stress associated with this process.

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