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[mehraj.udct]

we have a sugar, blackpepper, gelatin and salt packing unit and are planning for HACCP can anybody suggest how many CCPS should be there?

[Charles.C]

we have a sugar, blackpepper, gelatin and salt packing unit and are planning for HACCP can anybody suggest how many CCPS should be there?

Dear mehraj.udct,

 

Please give some idea of the product and process, Ideally a specification and a flowchart.

 

or are the above finished products and you are only receiving / packing / storing them? If so, how ?

 

is any particular certification standard involved ?

 

Rgds / Charles.C

[mehraj.udct]

Dear Charles.C,

 

Thank you for your reply

 

yes these are the finished products we are only receiving /sieving(only for sugar)/ filling and packing in small 5g poly coated paper sachets /storing in 5kg carton boxes and distributing them.

 

For black pepper receiving /grinding/ filling and packing in small 0.5g poly coated paper sachets /storing in 5kg carton boxes and distributing them.

 

we are planning for ISO 22000 hence I am preparing the HACCP plan.

 

according to me Metal detector is required which can be a CCP but how we can avoid it.

[Charles.C]

Dear mehraj.udct,

 

For ISO22000 you will need to do risk analyses  to locate any significant hazards from raw materials / process / packaging etc (some handleable by PRPs) and their categorisation as OPRPs / CCPs. i seem to remember raw black pepper is a known source of  salmonella. As an example hazard analysis -

 

http://www.ifsqn.com...ge-7#entry50651

 

As you say, metal detectors are popular CCPs unless you can show that no previous steps are "likely to generate" metallic contamination. There are a few examples of this philosophy on this forum and in official publications. Unfortunately, from memory, grinding is often a typical MD justification as CCP.

 

Offhand, yr analysis may well be correct unless yr process / packaging environment presents a contamination risk or any allergenic factors exist (eg black pepper).

 

Rgds / Charles.C

[DP2006]

Dear Meraj.udct,

 

If you don't have metal detection, I would also suggest that you have systems in place for regular inspection of the screens used to sieve the sugar.

 

I also assume, that the pepper will also go through a screen after grinding? If this is the case, then you will also need to inspect these screens.

 

If you don't inspect the screens there is increased risk that you will get physical hazards eg metal, stones, wood etc into your products.

 

 

Good luck with ISO22000, this is a BIG task.

 

DP2006

[scppvjune]

Dear Meraj.udct,

Actually, HACCP can be varied from one factory to another factory if the process flow and conditions are different. You need to perform your own risk analysis.

Gather your technical team from multiple department such as production, quality, maintenance, purchase, etc. Brain storm for hazards that might be involve in each step (some can be referred from scientific data; some can be from history record such as customer complaint, non-conformance production issue; some can be from backgroup or experience of your team or other similar facilities). Don't forget the risk from the equipment, control system, working environment, and your facility working culture. Then make decision using decision tree to determine for CCP.

Metal detector is recommended and if used, it normally considered as CCP. If no metal detector, you need to perform risk assessment why metal detector is not necessary. Documented your risk assessment.

So far, reasons of factories that did not install metal detector are
1) There are other methods to remove metal fragments and the size is smaller than test pieces that use for metal detector. As DP2006 suggested, you can use sieve and inspect sieve condition. Consider sieving as CCP instead. Another idea is "magnet"....however, you need to check magnet efficiency and inspect the magnet as well.
2) Packaging material is metal (e.g. metal cans, foil, etc.)....so metal detector might not be able to install. However, this might be weak due to there is in-process metal detector available, so metal detector can be used before products are packed in that metal packaging materials.
3) Equipment control and no easily broken metal equipment involved. I think US-FDA considered any equipment with thickness (diameter) more than 7 mm as non-easily broken materials. With grinder machine, I don't think you can use this reason in your risk assessment if there is any blade in the grinder.

Hope this helps.

Regards,