- Application of Food Safety Preventive Controls: The food safety preventive controls and the means in which they are applied must be thoroughly documented.
- Implementation of Food Safety Plan: Not only must the facility have a documented food safety plan, but the implementation should also be demonstrated through precise record keeping. Reasonable foreseeable hazards must be identified, along with the methods by which they are minimized or prevented against.
- Proof Hazards Are Being Effectively Controlled: In addition to documenting how hazards are to be minimized, companies must be able to demonstrate effectiveness. In other words, ongoing improvement should be proven with thorough records.
Jennifer Kinion
Former Content Manager at SafetyChain Software
SafetyChain is a digital plant management platform trusted by more than 2,500 food and beverage manufacturing facilities to improve plant-wide performance. It unifies production and quality teams with data and insights, tools, and delivers real-time operational visibility and control by eliminating paper and point solutions.
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