Hey Yall
What needs to be included in my HACCP Team Document? Also, does anyone have a template I can use as a guide?
Thanks!
Posted 28 April 2015 - 08:33 PM
Hey Yall
What needs to be included in my HACCP Team Document? Also, does anyone have a template I can use as a guide?
Thanks!
Hi calaggal,
Can you clarify what you mean by "HACCP Team Document"
If you mean "what do i have to do to generate a HACCP plan ?" , there are 2 standard references which list the steps required - (a) Codex, (b) NACMCF.
If you are referring to a FSMS based around HACCP, one option would be to look at one of the GFSI recognized Standards such as the SQF. Standard which is freely downloadable and contains all the details.
Kind Regards,
Charles.C
Posted 29 April 2015 - 05:46 AM
This is step 1 of the ref (a) in my previous post -
1. Assemble HACCP team
The food operation should ensure that the appropriate product-specific knowledge and expertise is available for the development of an effective HACCP plan. Optimally,
this may be accomplished by assembling a multidisciplinary team. Where such expertise is not available on-site, expert advice should be obtained from other sources,
such as trade and industry associations, independent experts, regulatory authorities, HACCP literature and HACCP guidance (including sector-specific HACCP guides). It
may be possible that a well-trained individual with access to such guidance is able to implement HACCP in-house. The scope of the HACCP plan should be identified. The
scope should describe which segment of the food chain is involved and the general classes of hazards to be addressed (e.g. Does it cover all classes of hazards or only
selected classes?).
Multidisciplinary means that you should include appropriate people from, Quality, Production, Engineering, Purchasing etc. IMEX, one quickly realises how large the scope may need to be when confronted by the necessity to document the root cause of a corrective action.
As to their roles, the textbook answer is, in combination, to "ensure" the production of a safe "food" via the haccp methodology as described in the "rest" of the stages listed in the refs I previously quoted. A more specific answer might be carrying out the SOPs which are developed to fulfill the requirements of the listed "stages". Plus maybe a few more as per the specific facility requirements.
Typically major operational activities of the HACCP team for a traditional HACCP plan will be particularly related to developing, validating,maintaining,verifying PRPs and CCPs.
A detailed list of sub-functions generating SOPs within the PRP category is provided by ISO 22002-1 (for food). The equivalent for CCPs will depend on the specific CCP.
Hope that helps to answer yr query in general. A more specific answer can probably be provided if you can narrow down yr question.
Kind Regards,
Charles.C
Posted 29 April 2015 - 09:00 AM
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Posted 29 April 2015 - 09:33 AM
Indeed. Anything above and beyond the meat and potatoes is the gravy.
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Posted 29 April 2015 - 03:19 PM
Hi calaggal
This is what I use (names changed to protect the innocent.....
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Posted 29 April 2015 - 03:32 PM
Hi calaggal
This is what I use (names changed to protect the innocent.....
I like the layout but this Company has no QA Mngr, Prodn Mngr, Engg Mngr. And also no related Skills ?
I can see a lot of Basic Awareness about.
On the other hand i note this is TAB 2. Perhaps the Heavy Lifters are on TAB 1 with No.1 being duplicated.
Thks again.
Kind Regards,
Charles.C
Posted 29 April 2015 - 05:11 PM
Calaggal,
If you do a little scanning of threads in the the forum you will see that yr problem is not unique.
The reality is that sometimes minute HACCP Teams exist due to limitations imposed by the process / personnel / environment.
Difficult to predict much more without detailed information on yr system / likely audit standard involved.
Kind Regards,
Charles.C
Posted 29 April 2015 - 05:37 PM
thanks, I was just wondering, kinda new to this. Trying to cover my behind that is all
Posted 29 April 2015 - 06:01 PM
thanks, I was just wondering, kinda new to this. Trying to cover my behind that is all
I would say you're doing pretty well so far.
Most (probably all) of the people here who have had to start from square 1 have faced the same headaches. It's one major reason why the Forum exists - to provide help.
As I understand, yr current process of interest (beans) is basically a packing/storage/onward forwarding setup. Sounds like what is known as a "Packinghouse" i think there are model haccp plans for this on the forum somewhere but i daresay you've seen them already ?
Based on queries here, Primus is one of the well-known Standards in this area, the detailed requirements / scoring system for their haccp standard have also been posted here.
Kind Regards,
Charles.C
Posted 29 April 2015 - 07:10 PM
Thank you for all yall's help! Maybe yall can answer this question... They pack multiple varieties of dry beans, pinto, kidney, lima, and so on, do I need to do a product description for each variety or can I lump them all into one description? The process is the exact same for each variety.
Posted 29 April 2015 - 07:48 PM
Thank you for all yall's help! Maybe yall can answer this question... They pack multiple varieties of dry beans, pinto, kidney, lima, and so on, do I need to do a product description for each variety or can I lump them all into one description? The process is the exact same for each variety.
Assuming the product description / haccp plans will have same text and flow/CCPs it is possible to combine.
I had to provide a haccp plan for pink / white / sand shrimp of identical presentation (ie raw,peeled, frozen) and process / CCPs ( the species are all different though). I did one haccp plan for "shrimp" then added another page with the various species listed and all cross-referenced to the shrimp master plan. It's less textually elegant if you have 2 totally different sounding genera (eg clam / mussels) with the same process/CCPs unless you use a dummy name or code, eg XYZ = clam/mussel.
In practice the flows can vary somewhat and be acceptable to combine but the CCPs should match. can use colours on the same master flowchart to combine.
Kind Regards,
Charles.C
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