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Learn how to create a HACCP-based food safety program for your facility.

Food Safety Training
Prerequisite Programs


The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) provides examples of prerequisite programs, which includes:
Facilities
Supplier Control
Specifications
Production Equipment
Cleaning and Sanitation
Personal Hygiene
Employee Training
Pest Control
Let's take a closer look at how these prerequisite programs work.


** Common Prerequisite Programs**


IMPLEMENTING PREREQUISITE PROGRAMS


Prerequisite Programs

Food Safety Training
Developing a HACCP Plan Using the Seven Principles


PRINCIPLE 1
Conduct a hazard analysis.
**This principle represents the "HA" of  HACCP. **
The HACCP team should identify all of the hazards and then analyze which ones need to be addressed and what control measures are appropriate for the level of risk.


PRINCIPLE 2
Determine Critical Control Points
Critical Control Points (CCPs) are steps where we apply control measures to eliminate a food safety hazard or reduce it to a safe level.


PRINCIPLE 3
Establish critical limits for each CCP
Critical Limits specify measurements for what is safe and what is not. You can get this information from regulatory standards and guidelines, experiments,  and experts.


PRINCIPLE 4
Monitor CCPs.
Monitoring refers to the planned regular observation of CCPs and Critical Limits. This is usually performed by a liner supervisor, production manager or quality control personnel


PRINCIPLE 5
Establish corrective actions.
We need to develop corrective actions for when measurements are outside critical limits. These actions must determine the cause of the problem and bring it under control.


PRINCIPLE 6
Establish verification procedures.
We need to verify if our HACCP plan is working.
Some ways to do this are:
Review of the HACCP program and records
Review of the issues and product status.
In-plant audits


PRINCIPLE 7
Documentation
Complete, accurate, and efficient record keeping is important for monitoring and updating your HACCP program.
All the documents and records--from your HACCP Team's analysis to monitoring and verification activities--will give you the information you need to make data-driven decisions.


There may be more than one correct answer.


Which among these documents should you keep?


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You can use a template to guide you and your team through the steps and document them easily.
Check out this free template:
HACCP Plan Template Checklist


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