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Internal Audit Culture: From Compliance Exercise to Collective Learning Tool
- May 20, 2026
- Posted by: Thanasis Stathopoulos
- Category: Industrial
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Internal audits become truly valuable when they move beyond compliance and evolve into collective learning mechanisms. This article explores how transparency, cross-functional participation and shared accountability transform audits from isolated QA procedures into operational intelligence tools that strengthen prevention, productivity and Food Safety Culture across the organization.

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Author: Thanasis Stathopoulos

Thanasis Stathopoulos is an experienced Food Safety Manager with a proven track record in the food industry for almost 15 years, specializing in the design/ implementation of Food Safety Management Systems and FSMS Education and Training. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Quality Assurance - Food Technology and has broadened expertise through interdisciplinary studies with an MSc in Science-Technology-Society (STS). Currently pursuing a PhD in the History of Technology, with research focusing on the history of food packaging, Thanasis has also spent the past six years studying and applying global best practices in Food Safety Culture. Through Social Food, he works with food production organizations on Food Safety Culture.

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