Food safety maturity self-assessment
Assess your food safety maturity and identify priority risks
THE CHALLENGE
Is your food safety system ready to stand up to risk?
Food safety sits at the centre of operational resilience, brand trust and regulatory confidence. As supply chains become more complex and consumer expectations increase, gaps in food safety maturity translate directly into business risk – from product recalls and regulatory action to disruption across supply networks.
To help organisations understand their risk profile, LRQA has developed the food safety maturity self-assessment tool, designed by LRQA’s food sector experts. It provides an accessible first step to evaluate current practices, identify priority risks and support continuous improvement across sites and locations.
WHAT IT COVERS
Understand your current food safety maturity, instantly
Our intuitive digital assessment delivers a clear snapshot of your organisation’s food safety maturity across key areas, including:
- Risk identification and food safety impact
- Strategy, governance and standards
- End-to-end product lifecycle control
- Supplier management and oversight
- Verification, audit and failure management
- Data, systems and food safety culture
Upon completion, you will receive a personalised report highlighting strengths, gaps and practical recommendations.
WHAT YOU GET
Built to help you turn insight into action
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Understand your maturity
Gain a clear view of your food safety maturity across the full lifecycle – from planning and execution through to verification and continuous improvement.
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Get your overall score
Receive a food safety maturity score out of 100, showing how effectively food safety is embedded across your organisation.
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See strengths and gaps
View your performance at a glance with clear results across plan, do, check and act, highlighting where you are strong and where focus is needed.
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Know what your score means
Understand your position through defined maturity levels, from reactive to proactive, explained in clear, practical terms.
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Receive tailored recommendations
Access prioritised recommendations aligned to your results, helping you focus on the actions that will have the greatest impact.
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Define your next steps
Move forward with clarity through a defined set of next steps to strengthen control, reduce risk and improve consistency across operations and supply chains.
YOUR NEXT STEPS
With LRQA
Understanding your food safety maturity is the starting point. LRQA supports organisations at every stage of maturity, from establishing foundational controls to strengthening prevention-led, data-driven performance. With deep sector expertise and global assurance capability, we help translate insight into practical, sustained improvement.
With LRQA, you can:
- Prioritise the actions that will have the greatest impact on risk reduction and performance
- Strengthen governance, systems and operational control across sites and supply chains
- Build internal capability and consistency beyond reliance on individual expertise
- Enhance assurance through independent verification, audits and certification
- Embed continuous improvement using data, insight and risk intelligence
The food safety maturity self-assessment connects directly to LRQA’s wider food safety services, including certification, advisory, training and supply chain assurance – providing a clear path from assessment to action.
Fresh thinking today that turns risk into advantage tomorrow
With more than 40 years of sector expertise, LRQA is the trusted global risk management partner to the food and beverage sector.
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