Food safety isn’t getting any easier. The supply chain is complex and growing nearly as fast as the consumer base it’s trying to satisfy. And despite regulators’ best efforts, contaminants slip through the cracks. That’s why its increasingly vital for brands to establish a world-class audit program.

According to the World Health Organization, “an estimated 600 million—almost one in 10 people in the world — fall ill after eating contaminated food, and 420,000 die every year.” Worse still, WHO adds that “children under five years of age carry 40% of the foodborne disease burden, with 125,000 deaths every year.”