Remote audits have a place in ensuring food safety but should not replace onsite visits, according to a report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Based on case ...

During the pandemic, virtual inspections of restaurants and domestic food manufacturers became standard. Remote audits of foreign inspection practices are part of that new normal. USDA’s Food Safety ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Remote work in public accounting firms can offer flexibility, but it can also blur the line between work and personal life, especially for audit team leaders, according to new research ...

The European Commission’s Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) released a new questions and answers document clarifying expectations for notified bodies looking to conduct remote audits of medical ...

Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2022. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. A rapid shift to ...

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, most aspects of our lives have transitioned to virtual spaces. Pharmaceutical companies quickly adapted to virtual options to ensure critical processes were ...

Accounting professionals have debated how, or if, to conduct audit work from remote locations for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic quickly accelerated the practice when travel and in-office work ...

Today, the term “remote audit” denotes a certain way of performing an engagement within the overall category of financial audits. However, as time goes on, there will be less need for the “remote” ...

The accounting profession is offering a lot of evidence and opinions on why remote audits are here to stay. As an audit partner in California, I have definitely seen firsthand that securely ...

Remote audits will be an option during the pandemic for some European medical device and in vitro diagnostic manufacturers, following an announcement from the European Commission (EC). The temporary ...

As was the case for all medical device inspections, the Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP) was hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the participant regulators agreed to allow the use of ...

When Palo Alto adopted policies three years ago to allow city employees to work from home, its primary goal was public-health safety rather than convenience. Like other cities and private companies, ...