FSVP written procedures and signing them in Aleph
What the written verification procedures are, how Aleph builds them from your own decisions, and what signing does.
An importer must "establish and follow adequate written procedures for ensuring that appropriate foreign supplier verification activities are conducted with respect to the foods you import" (21 CFR 1.506(b)). Separately, it must have written procedures so that it imports only from suppliers it has approved (21 CFR 1.506(a)(1)); that is its own row on the checklist.
How Aleph builds them
Before importing from a supplier you decide and record which verification activity you will use and how often (21 CFR 1.506(d)(1)(i)). Aleph writes your verification procedures document from those decisions, so there is nothing else to type.
Signing
From a product's checklist, open the written procedures row, preview the PDF, then Sign and file. You are attesting to what the PDF says, so read it first. The procedures are held once for your company: once signed, every FSVP product's checklist counts them.
TIP: If you add a product or a supplier schedule after signing, the row shows: "Added after your procedures were signed. Review and sign an updated version." It is a reminder; nothing is blocked.
Sample: signed written verification procedures, built for a fictional company and marked FOR REFERENCE ONLY. It opens in a new tab.