Primus Standard Audit Program

Discover for yourself why the flexible, efficient and data-driven Primus Standard Audit is the ideal audit solution your business needs to strengthen your food safety efforts.

Need a food safety audit tailored to small and mid-size operations like yours? Look no further!

With so much on your plate, you need an audit that is trustworthy and easy to navigate!

With the Primus Standard audit, you can meet customer and regulatory requirements while cultivating company culture and focusing on food safety!

Fully remote auditing available: more convenient auditing to fit your busy schedule
Intuitively written: designed to help you understand how to easily comply with food safety expectations
FSMA/FSVP ready: use 2nd party audits as verification activities on foreign suppliers

Grow your business with an audit designed by industry experts and trusted by leading global businesses

You deserve an audit you can trust. With Primus Standard, you get a food safety, fresh produce audit that’s the first of its kind.

Developed by industry experts, you can be confident that your 2nd and 3rd party audit will deliver reliable, unbiased results to assess your food safety program, identify potential hazards and uncover areas of improvement to help you manage risk, build customer trust and move your product.

35 years’ experience: developed and continually improved by the food safety and fresh produce experts at Azzule and PrimusLabs
Reliable & respected: keep your product moving with an audit backed by major retailers
Integrated shipper access: give shippers the visibility they need for their growers’ audit data to streamline the audit process

Customizable and dynamic audit solutions for your unique operation’s needs

The Primus Standard Audit is as unique and diverse as your operations.

With years of experience working with different commodities and operations, your company can take advantage of customized solutions to help you jump start your food safety program.

Flexibility for any commodity: whether you specialize in one or multiple commodities, the Primus Standard Audit fits the specific needs for a variety of products
Stay regulatory compliant: effortlessly comply with the FDA with our comprehensive food safety audit that incorporates Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements
Integrated supply chain approach: from small farms to processing facilities and everywhere in between, we can provide you with a unique audit experience for your operations needs

Looking for a solution to monitor your suppliers and tap into new markets?

Primus Standard can provide you with greater oversight on your foreign suppliers, build new connections, and expand into new markets.

Open your company up to new international business opportunities by sourcing product from Primus Standard certified operations across Latin America, North America and Asia.

2nd party audits: Facilitate compliance with FSMA/FSVP requirements by using 2nd party audits as verification activities AND meet domestic customer expectations at the same time!
Increase traceability and transparency: Tap into the power of granular data and analytic capabilities to monitor your suppliers 2nd party and 3rd party audits
Avoid supply chain disruptions: improve brand reputation by sourcing from the growing number of small and mid-size operations who successfully demonstrated their dedication to food safety with a Primus Standard Audit certificate

Leverage granular data and analytic capabilities along with powerful data management tools with Azzule

Go beyond static PDFs and tap into the power of analytic capabilities with the Primus Standard Audit.

Easily track and trend progress with granular data and easily comply with your customers with seamless access to all your audit data within the Azzule platform. See the difference a data-driven audit can make for your company./p>

Monitor areas of concern and promote areas of excellence: make fast, data-informed decisions to improve your food safety program and promote your efforts to grow your business
Connect and comply with ease: streamline customer and regulatory compliance with automatic access to your audit data within the Azzule platform. Centralize all your food safety data within your platform and be audit ready year-round.

Streamline sales and procurement with centralized review: connect all your teams within the Azzule platform for easy visibility to your compliance documentation to keep your products moving.
Enhance your food safety with integrated solutions: Leverage Azzule’s other integrated solutions to make data management easier than ever. Consolidate all your company’s laboratory data effortlessly with PrimusLabs, collect logs and record keeping documentation with the Azzule app, upload and manage your company’s sustainability, social accountability, organics and other data all within one secure, cloud-based, web-accessible location, the Azzule platform.