Housekeeping & Hygiene (4.11)

1. Does this point only impact high-care/high-risk areas? (the entire wording under point 4.11.3)
2. Does the bold wording refer to the high-care/high-risk areas only? If NO, then what other areas as per BRC

 

Point 4.11.3 

‘As a minimum for food contact surfaces, processing equipment and for environmental cleaning in high-care/high-risk areas, limits of acceptable and unacceptable cleaning performance shall be defined. This shall be based on the potential hazards (e.g. microbiological, allergen, foreign-body contamination or product-to-product contamination). Acceptable levels of cleaning may be defined by visual appearance, ATP bioluminescence techniques (see glossary), microbiological testing or chemical testing as appropriate. Where cleaning procedures are part of a defined prerequisite plan to control the risk of a specific hazard the cleaning and disinfection procedures and frequency shall be validated and records maintained. This shall include the risk from cleaning chemical residues on food contact surfaces.’

 

Questions:

1. Does this point only impact high-care/high-risk areas? (the entire wording under point 4.11.3)
2. Does the bold wording refer to the high-care/high-risk areas only? If NO, then what other areas as per BRC

 

It semi-logically means that the red portion only applies to HC/HR areas. The rest of clause semi-logically applies to areas of all risk levels.

Sadly, environmental cleaning, per se, is BRC-undefined.

Ricardo,

You have to identify first your production risk zone. It is your guide to comply clause 4.11.3

regards,

redfox

Ricardo,

 

You have to identify first your production risk zone. It is your guide to comply clause 4.11.3

 

 

regards,

redfox

Redfox,

We've done that and we don't have any high-care/high-risk areas, hence the reason for my question.