# Working with Material Verification Checklists (QMS)
QualityOne Vaults provide audit-specific checklist functionality to allow you to create your own material verification checklists. These checklists allow you to perform internal and supplier verification for foreign-supplied material to help control hazards using a checklist's functionalities. You can collect internal and supplier responses for all the hazards that need to be controlled for material compliance with industry requirements such as FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act).
Before you can utilize this functionality for your audits, your Admin must configure it for use. For help with general checklist functionality, see Working with Checklists for more details.
Depending on your Admin's configuration, object, field, and section labels may appear differently than the labels mentioned in this article.
Note: This feature is currently available only to Early Adopters. Contact your Veeva Representative for more details.
## About Material Verification {#about}
As part of an audit, material verification aims to help you verify that all hazards of a material are controlled by the appropriate internal or supplier user. When creating a _Material Verification_ record, you can select from two (2) _Verification Types_: "Internal" for internal material verification and "Supplier" for supplier material verification. Internal material verification is a process step used to verify that material hazards are controlled by an internal user and supplier material verification is a process step used to verify that material hazards are controlled by each supplier user that supplied that material. When [starting][1] the material verification checklist for your _Material Verification_ record, the object action label may vary for "Internal" and "Supplier" _Verification Types_.
Depending on your permissions and checklist configurations, you can use _[Hazards][2]_ and _Action Items_ for your material verification checklist.
### Material Verification by Material Category {#material-category}
If configured by your Admin, you can instruct Vault to instantiate one (1) checklist for multiple materials in the same material category and sub-category. For example, a supplier who is providing pancake batter mixes, cookie mixes, and cake mixes must complete a material verification checklist for the flour in each type of product. Since these products all belong to the Bakery Products category and the Dry Mixes sub-category, the supplier only needs to complete one (1) material verification checklist for the flour used in all of these products, instead of completing a material verification checklist for the flour used in different types of products.
Select the **Verification by Material Category** as the _Material Verification Type_ when creating _Material Verification_ records to specify that Vault initiates a single checklist for all supplier materials in the selected specified material category and sub-category, or **Verification by Material** to specify that Vault initiates a checklist for the selected specified _Material_ when you [start a material verification checklist][1] for this record.
### How to Create Material Verification {#create}
In order for you to start checklists, you need to have all the required _Material Verification_ records created.
To create a _Material Verification_ record:
1. Navigate to _Material Verification_ and click **Create**.
2. Select a **Material Verification Type**.
3. Enter a **Title**.
4. Enter a **Description**.
5. Select an **Organization**.
6. For _Verification by Material_ types, select a **Material**.
7. Select a **Verification Type**.
8. For _Verification by Material Category_ types, select a **Material Category**.
9. Click **Save**, or to create another _Material Verification_, click **Save + Create**.
## Starting a Material Verification Checklist {#starting-checklist}
Depending on your configuration, you can start an internal or supplier material verification checklist through either a lifecycle state change or a user action on the _Material Verification_ object record. Your organization may modify these workflows or add custom workflows to suit your team's needs. You can initiate a workflow from the **Workflow Actions** menu and you can start a checklist from the appropriate record's **All Actions** menu.
When you start the checklist through a user action, Vault automatically assigns the workflow owner as the checklist respondent. When starting through an entry action, Vault relies on the entry action configuration to determine the respondents. During configuration, Admins choose a role from the object. Any users in that role at the time when the lifecycle state change occurs can see the checklist task as an available task.
## Using Hazards {#using-hazards}
Depending on your permissions and checklist configurations, you can add and remove hazards related to a material verification checklist question response. You can also prepopulate hazards related to the material if there are matching _Material-Hazard_ records to a material verification checklist question response.
The _Hazards_ displayed in each section of the checklist correspond to the _Hazard Classification_ value set for each _Hazard_:
* **Biological Hazards**: The contamination of food by microorganisms.
* **Chemical Hazards**: The presence of harmful substances naturally occuring in food or added during food processing.
* **Physical Hazards**: The contamination of food by foreign objects.
* **Allergens**: The presence of major food allergens.
Note: Depending on your Admin’s configuration, your Hazard Classification picklist values may vary.
To add one (1) or more hazards, click the **Add** button under _Hazards_, select one (1) or more _Hazards_ to add, and click **Add**. The added _Hazard_ displays as a token.
To view the hazard, hover over the token to display the hovercard details.
To remove hazards, click the **X** beside the token to remove it from the question.
[1]: #starting-checklist
[2]: #using-hazards