To check you meet the LPA Level 1 elements for an audit:
- Review what you need to do. Complete either of the checklists below or the self-check in the left hand column of the guidelines in your manual and determine whether this is relevant to your operation.
- Check the practical ways you can meet what the element requires.
- Look at the "Keep evidence of what you did" (records) section in your manual or complete the LPA Audit Checklist below.
- The "Prepare for an audit" section in your manual or the checklists below enables you to consider some of the questions an auditor may ask if you are selected for a random audit.
When completing the self-check, use:
- a TICK to indicate you already comply;
- a CROSS to indicate you need to implement something in order to comply with the requirement;
- a QUESTION MARK (?) to indicate you are unsure and should seek further information (refer to the contacts section); and
- "NA" to indicate this requirement is not relevant to your operation.
For many producers, you will find you are already meeting the outcomes either as suggested here or by some similar method.
Alternatively, you may find you are doing the things identified but do not have the necessary evidence to demonstrate them, in which case the "Keep evidence of what you did" and "Prepare for an audit" sections of your manual or the LPA Audit Checklist below will provide further guidance. Other producers may need to put in place new practices or records on-farm, but these should be very simple.
Whichever category you fall into, the guidelines in this section will help you identify what you need to do.
In all cases, how you keep the information is up to you. You can use these guidelines to check you have the information in place.
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