Corrective Actions and Preventive Measures, What's the Difference?
Hello all,
I'm in need for you to share all your knowledge. I'm having a very hard time training some employees and management personnel on the difference between a Corrective Action and a Preventive measure for a HACCP Deviation. They don't seam to understand my explanation. I would really appreciate any ideas.
This is how my form describes it.
Deviation/What Happened?:Describe the cause of the deviation and how it was eliminated)
Immediate Corrective Action: (Describe what was done to correct the issue and if the CCP is back under control and Sanitary conditions restored) Product Disposition: (Describe what happened to the affected Product)
Preventive Measures: (Describe what are you going to do to prevent a reoccurrence)
Correction: repair, rework, or adjustment and relates to the
disposition of an existing nonconformity.
• Corrective Action: the action taken to eliminate the causes
of an existing nonconformity, defect or other undesirable
situation in order to prevent recurrence.
• Preventive Action: action taken to eliminate the cause of a
potential nonconformity, defect, or other undesirable
situation in order to prevent occurrence.
• Nonconformity: non-fulfillment of a specified requirement.
Hope this helps. One is existing, one is potentially an issue.