Food Safety
McDonald’s Supplier Quality Management System (SQMS)
The McDonald’s Supplier Quality Management System (SQMS) standard applies to companies who supply food products into the McDonald’s fast food chain. This does not apply to the suppliers of meat, who must comply with a different McDonald’s standard. The standard is intended to help McDonald’s to supply consistently safe products of the highest quality that meet their requirements, as well as all applicable laws and regulations.
VNZ has been approved to conduct food safety audits on behalf of McDonald’s Australia Ltd. VNZ is also accredited by IANZ against ISO 17020 as a Type A (third party) inspection body to undertake food assessments. We can provide an external audit by one of our NZFSA approved auditors.
Inspection Process
- You need to be currently supplying McDonald’s in order to be eligible to join the SQMS programme.
- Contact us to start the inspection process. One of our auditors will talk you through the application and audit process.
- McDonald’s products must be in production at the time of the onsite audit.
- The timing of the audits is generally on an annual basis.
- You will be provided with a report following the audit identifying any areas for improvement.
- Audits may be conducted during a BRC audit.
- Certificates will be provided by McDonald’s.
Further Information
To make an enquiry or request a quote please email info@verification.co.nz.
To make an application, please download and complete this form (vnz-application-form.pdf).