Madam A.D.tor i think that i'm not agree with you, i worked on vacuumed and gas Flushed packaging in poultry processing plant (CFS machinery) and we was counting that point as a CCP, put it on the decision tree and you shall find it's leak detector unit will be a CCP for Biological Hazard.
@ skye, have a leak detector?
Dear Fusarian,
Will you please explain your process?
Do you have an inline leak detector? If the leak detector is a verification (check # packaging during X time) it will not go to the decision tree, because it is no process step.
But in the process I am referring to the steps are:
[...]
packing and vacuum products by robots
or
by automatic vacuum machine
transport belt
packing vacuum packed products in boxes by hand
[...]
During putting the vacuum bags in boxes (crates etc), the staff worker conducts a visual check om correct vacuum. This was pointed as the
CCP. The worker marked each non-conformity on the registration form. The non-conforming packing is opened and repacked. Because 100% of the deviations is corrected, it was no
CCP. Indeed if you put this to a decision tree, it might be, and that is why this had been a
CCP for this company for years. Products are sold to butchers and any leaking packages will not be used by this customer target group and is send back.
I think it is more like a verification of your process control system.
But feel free to have another opinion.
For MAP packing, it is surely a CCP. The hazards are quite the same. MAP packed products are mostly sold to consumers and micro leakages are not always visible. Also mixture of gasses can be wrong or the flusher did not work correctly. You can not visible detect which gas is inside (O
2, CO
2, N
2). Seal control, leakage checks and gas concentrate will be
CCPs in such a process.
