HACCP Plan for flexible packaging material (Product Description)

Hi

May you please assist me with the product description of flexible packaging material eg laminates, mono web, pouches, slab wrap and pvp.

Regards

Merit

this is how we worded ours:

Description of Products: Flexible packaging (plastic film) - single layer and multi-layer, printed or plain, roll form.

HDP 1 Product Description laminates.docx   39.3KB   200 downloadsHDP 2 Product Description Mono web.docx   39.18KB   132 downloadsHDP 3 Product Description Slabwrap and Twist wrap.docx   37.52KB   121 downloads

Find attached the description I have done. Is it making sense? Are there any additions or subtractions.

Looking good merit. One thing I notice is you use “ambient” for the storage temperature.  There is another discussion about “ambient” on the forum at the moment and it is a somewhat ambiguous term, especially in this case as you say one year shelf life depending on storage conditions.  Can the material function / quality be altered by extremes of temperature or humidity? 

Your ambient in Zimbabwe is probably my heat from hell in rainy Manchester, England. :smile:

Regards,
Simon

You would be wise to indicate (1) the intended food types to be packaged in your material and (2 the indented "use conditions" (usually temperature related) that the product and packaging will experience together. Both the US FDA and the EU Plastics Measure provide relevant categories for both of these indications.

Providing these categories helps to frame your following hazard assessment. For example, packaging intended for refrigerates storage of pasteurized dairy products generally have limits on allowable levels of biological contamination. Dry foods (such as those you  have listed in your draft descriptions are dramatically less prone to biological contamination and as such can tolerate higher levels of  biological contamination  in/on packaging materials.

Good points Tom, thanks.

this is how we worded ours:

Description of Products: Flexible packaging (plastic film) - single layer and multi-layer, printed or plain, roll form.

Agree,

specify the products based on the structure,

to add  roll form or bags

Hello!!

I have qualms about the product description in converters industry. Usually we have different types of raw material (BOPP, PP cast, PET, BOPP barrier, PET metallized etc) and even more combinations of products resulting therefrom. Regarding this I think that it is difficult to make seperate product descriptions because there is 100+ different types. A general product description and general storage conditions about all types of packed food is not reccommended? 

thank you in advance

Polin