McDonald’s Addendum 

We collaborated with McDonald’s Corporation and NSF International to develop an audit addendum for McDonald’s produce suppliers who are certified SQF for plant production. The addendum addresses the gaps between the SQF Code and McDonald’s specific produce supplier requirements. This will allow SQF-certified sites supplying McDonald’s to apply the addendum to their certification audit, foregoing a separate customer audit, saving time and cost for the supplier.

McDonald’s has approved the use of the Primary Produce Addendum coupled with SQF certification for all produce suppliers globally. This approval complements the existing McDonald’s Addendum for food manufacturing for SQF certified sites. Suppliers inform their certification body, such as NSF, that they require the McDonald’s Addendum when they apply for the SQF certification audit.

There are three McDoanld’s Addendums you can request from your certification body:

  • SQF Addendum for McDonald’s produce suppliers
  • SQF Addendum for McDonald’s food manufacturing suppliers
  • SQF Addendum for McDonald’s food packaging suppliers
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Background on the McDonald's Addendum

SQF and Comercializadora GAB, known as the Mr. Lucky brand, a McDonald’s produce supplier located in Mexico, worked together to pilot the audit addendum in combination with the SQF certification audit. Many of the requirements of the McDonald’s produce supplier audit were already covered by the SQF requirements, so the audit time was not significantly increased with the use of the addendum. Where McDonald’s requirements were not covered by the SQF certification audit, those specifically related to McDonald’s product or process specifications, the auditor evaluated conformance and completed a separate report designed for McDonald’s supplier approval team to review along with the SQF certification audit report.

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