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Posted 06 October 2011 - 06:15 PM

Hello,

We have a CCP that is check the concentration of chlorine for mellon dipping. The process is to peel the mellons after washing and dipping in sanitizer. If the concentration was out of range, how to do to correct this deviation?

They should have been peeled and noway to re-dip. Is the garbage the only way to go?

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Posted 07 October 2011 - 12:52 AM

Hello,

We have a CCP that is check the concentration of chlorine for mellon dipping. The process is to peel the mellons after washing and dipping in sanitizer. If the concentration was out of range, how to do to correct this deviation?

They should have been peeled and noway to re-dip. Is the garbage the only way to go?

Thanks!

Dear asshijie,

Any possible rescue corrective action will probably depend on numbers such as the critical limits, the actual deviation (+/-) (presumably +), the effect if any on the contents (safety and quality) (eg if you peel it and it smells strongly of chlorine, any possibilities are obviously limited :smile: ).

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Posted 07 October 2011 - 04:00 PM

Dear asshijie,

Any possible rescue corrective action will probably depend on numbers such as the critical limits, the actual deviation (+/-) (presumably +), the effect if any on the contents (safety and quality) (eg if you peel it and it smells strongly of chlorine, any possibilities are obviously limited :smile: ).

Rgds / Charles.C


Thank you Charles!

This deveation (+ or -) doesn't happen a lot. My concern is on how to write a rescue corrective action and let it make sense. Our current plan is re-dip (-) or rinse with hose water and re-dip (+). My question is, processing is a ongoing process, we can check every 1 hr or .., but the production won't stop. Once you find something going wrong, there is no way to re-dip or do anything to rescue(they must be dipped as skin on), you don't even know how much peeled melons you need to hold. I will say this plan is not operatable.

By the way, how to understand "depend on numbers such as the critical limits,..." Does it means different corrective action can be done depend on the level of deviation happened?

Thanks again!


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Posted 07 October 2011 - 06:41 PM

Dear asshijie,

I can understand yr problem if you mean no way to repair the onward processed product. Suggests that closer monitoring control is demanded so that the risk of a corrective action of rejection is negligible (unless failures are already so rare that writing "rejection" is an acceptable option) :smile: .

Another perfectly acceptable HACCP manouevre is to protect failure of yr CLs by defining an additional "Operational Limit (s)" inside the CLs. The purpose is that any failure of such a level(s) triggers a review / change in the production implementation of the sanitation step but without initiating a haccp corrective action. Very popular technique. :biggrin:

It also sounds like yr control of the applied chlorination level may be below average standard. The usual method IMEX for plant water chlorination is to use a metered injection system which is highly reliable within a 1-5 ppm range. It is also possible to get (near) continuous, automatic, Cl2 monitoring / feedback control pumps (with alarms included) although the price starts going up.

By the way, how to understand "depend on numbers such as the critical limits,..." Does it means different corrective action can be done depend on the level of deviation happened?


I'm no melon expert so I don't know the typical numbers but I was mentally speculating that if you compare a CL of, say, 5-10ppm with 100-200ppm, the magnitude of the effect on the product (eg odour) of an equal (+) percentage deviation might be significantly different, eg 20 cf 400ppm. And similarly the ability to rinse the excess off. Same corrective action but maybe not the same likelihood of success. Of course, if any repair is impossible, it's irrelevant. :smile:

I daresay the negative side-efects of an overdose may depend on the choice of sanitiser also. People seem to hv tried just about every conceivable bacteriocide in the fruit / vegetable business.

Rgds / Charles.C

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Posted 11 October 2011 - 03:55 PM

I cannot see where the melon is salvagable; but if this an CCP then the monitoring of this step needs to be looked and addressed.





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