SQF Level 3 Implementation Quality Manual

Going to be implementing SQF level 3- any guidance or suggestions on how to document. Should it be completed as per HACCP format.


Thanks

Going to be implementing SQF level 3- any guidance or suggestions on how to document. Should it be completed as per HACCP format.


Thanks

Hello MFSC,
It should be similar to your food safety plan. In contrast, the risk assessment will pertain to quality. So relating to HACCP format, there will be QCP. Please feel free to reply with any further explanation or question.

Regards,
Bill

On the level 2 plan you must have a food safety and quality plan . Most of the plans that I have seen have plans like a HACCP risk plan . Following the flow of your product
Level 3 you need to expand the same flow but adding Quality requirements.
Example

• Your Reference code , your customer ID , Like YUM 7.4, QSA 3.2, SQF 6.11 ( In colunms)
• Control Point (example transportation)
• Requirement (visual)
• Control Limit ( example of quality color, shape defect)
• Responsibility (QC or Supevisor)
• Frequency (daily)
• (KPI) records (charts graphs, spread sheets, standard deviations ..........
• Corrective action ( your policy)

Make sure you have a SOP or policy for every Reference Code (ID) YOURs, CUSTOMERS, 3rd PARTY,REGUATORY. Its a living , dynamic , growing document ,.... I hate it it's never done and never perfect.
Jeff

Dear MFSC,

Consult the SQF ver6 guidance manual ?

SQF guidance 6th ed 2008 - 2000-Guidance-General.pdf   1.33MB   122 downloads

Rgds / Charles.C

Dear MFSC,

Consult the SQF ver6 guidance manual ?

SQF guidance 6th ed 2008 - 2000-Guidance-General.pdf   1.33MB   122 downloads

Rgds / Charles.C

There is a newer version of the SQF Manual it is currently on Version 7 and there is an update to that coming in July to 7.1. Please check those out instead depending on your inspection date:

http://www.sqfi.com/documents/

Both version are on there including other SQF reference documentation.

In regards to documentation SQF doesn't really tell you how to do anything it just tells you what you have to do and everyone has to set their program up from there. Currently I have a Forms binder for all forms, a policies binder for all policies, my SQF manual in a binder, outdated forms in their own binder, our HACCP system is in it's own binder. I am working on our Food Safety and our Food Quality binders we are in the same position as you working on getting to SQF level 3.

Merle

There is a newer version of the SQF Manual it is currently on Version 7 and there is an update to that coming in July to 7.1. Please check those out instead depending on your inspection date:

http://www.sqfi.com/documents/

Both version are on there including other SQF reference documentation.

In regards to documentation SQF doesn't really tell you how to do anything it just tells you what you have to do and everyone has to set their program up from there. Currently I have a Forms binder for all forms, a policies binder for all policies, my SQF manual in a binder, outdated forms in their own binder, our HACCP system is in it's own binder. I am working on our Food Safety and our Food Quality binders we are in the same position as you working on getting to SQF level 3.

Merle

Merle,

He is referring specifically to the Ed. 6 Guidance Document: http://www.sqfi.com/...nce-General.pdf

A robust document that goes through the entire code clause by clause and gives an indication as to what an auditor could be looking for, and what an establishment can do to satisfy the clause. Different from the actual code itself. They have not released this document for Ver 7, but which this and the change map, one can make the links and use the guidance to help them start from scratch.

Ok I see what you have there.

If your audit is after July I'm not sure your going to want to use an old guidance document and then try to use 2 different change maps to try to make it add up to the newest code however. That might cause you to have to do two sets of reworking on what you made to satisfy the old code.

We aren't using any guidance document we are just going through the code and writing documentation that satisfies it.

Popular topic... In general I found it useful to follow the SQF numbering system in documenting. Starting with SOPs so I document what has been done already and then back tracking to the SQF code and cross referencing where items are documented elsewhere.

In terms of documenting quality, I simply added Quality as the fourth item in my Hazard Analysis. For each step in my process flow I analyzed it for Physical, Biological, Chemical and Quality Hazards. Where there was a Quality Hazard it became a CQP. There were 2 in our case that really came down to the final product inspections. Then documented my CQPs as part of my HACCP plans.

So far the auditors have liked the approach.