HACCP What is It?
Food Safety Management
Food Safety - is it
expected?
Your customer/consumer expects that
your product is
Free from microbial contamination
free from insect/rodent
contamination
free from pesticides / chemicals
free from physical hazards
Groceries
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What Causes Food Safety
Incidents
direct causes include biological /
physical / chemical hazards
indirect causes are the result of
managerial and employee deficiencies
company needs to address changes in
peoples behavior to prevent
reoccurrence have the right
attitude!
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How can We Achieve Better
Food Safety in our Product
Think about the best way to do
things right
Implement a HACCP plan that
protects food going through our plant
Tackle underlying causes of
food contamination
Have a clean and sanitary
environment
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Why do we worry about Food
Safety?
Consumers / buyers / governments
demand that we produce safe food
Recalls are expensive can cost
jobs
We can get sick
our families: children, parents - not
some unknown person in a far away
place
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How do we achieve food
safety in our product?
Be aware of food hazards
Biological / chemical / physical
Keep out / minimize food hazards
Develop system to ensure food
safety in product
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Managing Food Safety
Managing Food Safety is most
effectively done through the
implementation of a HACCP system
utilizing documented references to
meet the requirements of BC CDC
BC Food Act and regulations
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Brief history of HACCP
HACCP was developed by Pillsbury
for the NASA space program in the
1970s
Codex Alimentarius (FAO) has
developed it for international use
Canada refined it in 1992 as the
Food Safety Enhancement
Program (FSEP)
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What is HACCP?
Hazard Analysis
What are Hazards?
Where can they be found?
How can they be controlled?
Critical Control Points
How do we control hazards?
CCPs measuring product acceptabilty
Prerequisite Programs creating an
environment to produce safe product
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Food Safety Hazards
Potential hazards can include:
Biological
Chemical
Microorganisms: bacteria / yeasts / molds /
viruses
insects
Cleaners
Lubricants / fuel / hydraulic fluid / coolants
pesticides
Physical
Glass / plastic / wood / rocks
Metals
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What is a food safety
management system?
A food safety mgt system helps the
process & people to produce a safe
product by controlling hazards
A food safety mgt system needs:
Effective procedures
Delegated responsibilities
Trained people
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What are the components of
a food safety program?
Programs supporting food safety in the
following areas:
Making employees more knowledgeable
Sanitation and Pest Control
Preventive Maintenance
Traceability / Recall Program
Employee Training
Doing things right the first time
Standard Operating Procedures
Policies
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Food Safety Management
System
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) /
Prerequisite Programs
must-do / should-do
Operational controls and Standard
Operating Procedures (SOP)
HACCP Plan(s) for product(s)
Critical Control Points (CCP) must do
Review / verification procedures
Self-inspection or audit
Government inspection or audit
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What are Prerequisite
Programs?
They are the foundation
of a food safety
management system:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Premises
Transportation and
Storage
Equipment
Personnel
Sanitation and Pest
Control
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Having effective Prerequisite
Programs
Well maintained premises
Proper receiving / storage / shipping
practices
Sanitation and pest control programs
Well maintained and correctly operated
equipment
Properly trained employees
Tracking/Recall program
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Critical Control Points
(CCP)
Control Point - A step in the process
where the product can be stopped
and a measurement taken
Critical Control Point
Measurement is taken to determine if
product is acceptable or not
Has corrective actions that:
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Bring the process back to acceptablity
Takes care of product that is unacceptable
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What is IndianLife Foods
doing about HACCP?
Developing a HACCP-based plan for
each product with CCPs
Developing Prerequisite Programs
Providing employee
training
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HACCP and the employee
Observe Good Manufacturing
Practices
Know Critical Control Points
Who is responsible?
Why is it a CCP?
Monitoring procedure
Frequency of monitoring
Keep records as required
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Responsibility for record
review
Plant
management /
supervisors
Government
inspectors
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Next steps
Know your job
Work together with supervisors and
inspectors be part of the HACCP team
Follow written procedures
Prove it !
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