About HACCP
HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) is a systematic, science-based approach to food safety that identifies specific hazards and the measures for their control. It is based on the principles described in the Codex Alimentarius General Principles of Food Hygiene and forms the core of ISO 22000 and many customer and retailer food safety schemes.
Innovative Quality Consultancy helps food businesses of all sizes establish a HACCP system that is practical for the shop floor, supported by sound prerequisite programmes and backed by the records needed for customer and regulatory verification.
The HACCP approach
Implementation follows the preliminary steps and seven principles:
- Preliminary steps: assemble the HACCP team, describe the product, identify intended use, construct and confirm the process flow diagram.
- Principle 1 – Conduct a hazard analysis: identify biological, chemical, physical and allergen hazards and assess their significance.
- Principle 2 – Determine the critical control points (CCPs).
- Principle 3 – Establish critical limits for each CCP.
- Principle 4 – Establish monitoring procedures for each CCP.
- Principle 5 – Establish corrective actions when monitoring shows a deviation.
- Principle 6 – Establish verification procedures to confirm the system works.
- Principle 7 – Establish documentation and record keeping.
Suitable organizations
- Food manufacturers and processors, bakeries, dairies, meat and seafood units and beverage producers.
- Hotels, restaurants, catering and institutional kitchens.
- Food storage, transportation and distribution businesses, and suppliers to retail chains that require HACCP-based controls.
Business benefits
- Focused control of the hazards that genuinely affect food safety.
- Reduced contamination risk, complaints and product loss.
- Documented evidence of due diligence for customers and regulators.
- A foundation for ISO 22000 certification and other food safety schemes.
- Greater staff awareness of hygiene and critical controls.
How Innovative Quality Consultancy supports you
Innovative Quality Consultancy supports your organization through every stage of implementation:
- Review of existing hygiene practices and prerequisite programmes.
- HACCP team formation and training, product descriptions and flow diagrams.
- Hazard analysis, CCP determination, critical limits, monitoring and corrective action procedures.
- HACCP plan documentation, monitoring records and verification schedules.
- Internal audits, validation and verification support and preparation for customer or third-party audits.
HACCP certification, where sought, is assessed by an independent certification body or customer audit scheme. Innovative Quality Consultancy prepares your HACCP system for that assessment.
Discuss HACCP for your organization
Tell us about your products, processes and timeline and we will outline a practical implementation plan.
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