A comprehensive, full-day independent assessment of any Egyptian food manufacturing facility — covering 12 audit areas against internationally recognised standards.
A supplier's certificate, brochure, and product photographs tell you nothing about actual factory conditions. Sourcing from an unaudited facility creates substantial commercial, legal, and reputational risk.
An IGE factory audit gives you ground-truth evidence: is the factory real, safe, and capable of producing what they claim? Our report answers this question definitively — with scores, photographs, and a clear recommendation.
Audit Categories
Checklist Questions
Average Report Length
Report Delivery
Supplier does not own the factory — they are a broker presenting someone else's facility
Certificates are expired, forged, or belong to a different facility
Actual production capacity is a fraction of what was claimed
Hygiene and food safety conditions would fail any international audit
Cold chain equipment is inadequate, missing, or broken
Products shipped from this facility would be rejected on arrival or detained by customs
Every category is assessed with structured questions, scored independently, and photographically documented. No area is taken at the supplier's word.
Site condition, structural integrity, zone separation, visitor controls
Cleaning protocols, pest control, handwashing stations, waste management
HACCP plan, CCPs, hazard analysis, corrective action procedures
Record completeness, traceability, batch coding, recall procedures
Equipment condition, maintenance records, calibration, food-contact materials
Freezer/chiller capacity, temperature monitoring, defrost cycles, logs
Supplier approval, incoming inspection, specification management
Label accuracy, allergen declaration, country of origin, regulatory compliance
Food hygiene training records, medical screening, PPE compliance
Certificate validity, scope, issuing body, and physical evidence of compliance
Water quality testing, effluent management, allergen controls
Actual throughput records vs claimed capacity, shift structure, output verification
Every factory receives an overall rating based on its cumulative section scores and non-conformity profile. Ratings are clearly defined and consistently applied.
Exceptional facility meeting or exceeding international standards. Recommended for approved supplier list. No critical or major non-conformities.
Strong facility with minor gaps. Approved for sourcing with minor corrective actions required within agreed timeframe. No critical non-conformities.
Acceptable for lower-risk sourcing. Multiple minor and/or one major non-conformity. Corrective action plan required before order placement. Re-audit recommended within 6 months.
Multiple major non-conformities identified. Sourcing not recommended until a verified corrective action plan is completed and a follow-up audit is conducted.
Critical non-conformities present. Facility fails to meet minimum acceptable standards. Sourcing strongly contra-indicated. Full remediation and independent re-audit required.
We collect your specific requirements, product categories, and certification expectations. We prepare a customised checklist and schedule the visit with the factory — identifying ourselves as a third-party inspection company, not disclosing the buyer's identity.
Our auditor spends a full working day at the facility — conducting a facility walkthrough, management interviews, documentation review, and production observation. Photographic evidence is taken throughout all areas.
The full written report — including all findings, photographs, non-conformities, scoring, risk assessment, and a final rating — is delivered to you within 48 hours of the site visit.