As promised, here is a quick view of a way to setup the risk analysis.
Will be happy to get to the details of the idea with any group interested in advancing the idea.
Dear Rodriguez-Gonzalez,
Thks for yr post. Interesting document.
The document is rather scarce on explanation?
A hazard analysis normally includes control measures, by definition in
HACCP i think.
Apologies for my ignorance as to typical RPN risk formats but what is column "n" representing? I am also unclear as to what the top-captioned output material refers to ? (or where it is for that matter
?).
A risk matrix key would hv helped. I think in this case, RPN more simply = RISK for most (LxO) multiplicative
HACCP publications.?
I'm also slightly confused as to the Tables text layout. Perhaps "Microbial Pathogens =
Bacterial Pathogens ? and other following categories have lost the "Pathogens" altogether ? ( bacterial pathogens may exhibit levels of pathogenicity [severity], eg zero and non-zero regulatory species, but some
haccp analysts lump them together for "convenience").
I'm also intrigued as to the nature of the unspecified "Other Biologicals" .
It's only my opinion but I feel it is un-necessary to sub-divide so many items as done here. I prefer the more conventional (?) approach of grouping microbial pathogens into one category with sub-specification of specific hazards as relevant. The present layout is unobjectionable but I suspect will become laborious if done for every process step. The current procedure is tending to the FMEA styling i guess (?), comprehensive but also very "heavy duty".
I would also comment that, AFAIK, for ISO 22000 the specification in the risk analysis of
which hazards are controlled by
which ISO-defined prerequisite functions is a usual expectation (less so for traditional
HACCP).
It's difficult to make specific comments without details on the actual processes 1 and 2 (eg flow charts), specific hazards under discussion, risk assessment methodology, etc.
Offhand the table looks like a summary of some data from a full
traditional HACCP hazard analysis for the "processes" 1 and 2.
Since this thread was in ISO22000 context, i am interested how the results within the table were utilised to determine / categorise control measures into
CCPs / OPRPs ? (I am guessing [red (80)] > significant hazards ? >>>>> ?)
Perhaps the
CCPs are being determined directly from the relative risk values of the hazard analysis.? If so, I anticipate this procedure will be questioned as incomplete by some users of
ISO22000 however perhaps i hv misunderstood the info. presented in which case my apologies in advance. Similar comment for OPRPs.
sorry for my confusion and interested in your comments. Thks again for the contribution.
Rgds / Charles.C
PS - side-comment only, it is also conventional to use a slightly different, albeit analogous, hazard analysis procedure for input materials as compared to process steps.
(ADDED LATER) - After some googling, I can add 3 examples of use of RPN given below.
I deduce the risk matrix in RG's post was probably 10x10 with linear score steps (cannot even imagine how individual L,O numbers in the middle are chosen?).
As per attach. gg1
CCPs are determined by hazards with risk scores exceeding an arbitrary cut-off value. A similar idea is used in the matrix in gg3. This procedure is similar to that in
traditional haccp.
ISO22000 where OPRPs are an additional possibility to
CCPs requires additional evaluation of capabilities of proposed control measures sourced as per preceding paragraph.
I initially assumed that the additional column data shown in RG's post was analogous to the recalculation-after-correction step values as per gg1,gg3 below. This seems possible for "Material" but not for "Process"
The meaning of "n" remains a mystery (to me anyway).
When fully applied, a lot more effort seems required in RPN method as compared to typical
haccp hazard analysis. Whether any benefit results is unclear. I recall some much older threads on this forum had similar objections.
gg1 - iso22000 - FMEA (RPN) salmon process.pdf 1.47MB
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gg2 - haccp - Quality - RPN - Cookies Production -.pdf 2.09MB
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gg3 - FMEA (RPN) workplace safety.xls 102KB
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