Audits

The Audits feature in Forkto lets you perform structured audits of your business — covering hygiene, structural, and management standards. You can record issues, attach photos, assign severity and timeframes, and generate a scored audit report.

Overview

When you open the Audits page, you’ll see a list of your audits displayed as cards, each showing:

• Company name being audited
• Audit type (General, Meat, Hygiene, or Health & Safety)
• Status — In Progress or Completed
• Date created

Click ‘Perform an Audit’ to start a new one.

Creating an Audit

To start a new audit:

1. Click ‘Perform an Audit’.
2. Fill in the basic details:
   • Company Name (required)
   • Audit Type — General, Meat, Hygiene, or Health & Safety
   • Address
   • Manager name
   • Pre-Audit Observations — notes about what you observed before starting
   • Time Started
3. Save to begin recording issues.

For Meat audits, you’ll also see a section for tracking individual meat cuts by box — with acceptable/unacceptable status, weight, photos, and notes per cut.

Recording Issues

During an audit, you can record issues across four categories:

• Hygiene — practice and hygiene issues
• Structural — structure and pest issues
• Confidence — confidence in management (CIM) issues
• Best Practice — recommendations (not scored)

For each issue (except Best Practice), fill in:

• Title and Description (both required)
• Severity — Minor, Medium, Major, or Critical
• Timeframe — Immediately, Within a week, Within a month, or Within 3 months
• Corrective Action (required) — what needs to be done to fix it
• Photos — attach evidence
• Recommendation Only — tick this if it’s advisory, not a formal finding

Best Practice entries only need a title and description.

Scoring and Completing an Audit

When you’re ready to finalise:

1. Move the audit to the finalising stage.
2. Set scores for each category (0–30, in increments of 5):
   • Hygiene Score
   • Structural Score
   • Confidence Score
3. Set the Time Ended.
4. Review all recorded issues.
5. Complete the audit.

Exporting an Audit Report

To download a completed audit as a PDF:

1. Open the completed audit.
2. Click the Export PDF button.
3. The report includes all audit data — scores, issues, photos, and notes.

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Use audits to maintain high standards across your business. Record issues thoroughly, attach photos as evidence, and use the scoring system to track improvement over time.