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[Ricardo@vhf]

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

[Charles.C]

 

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.

[redfox]

Ricardo,

 

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

 

 

regards,

redfox

[Ricardo@vhf]

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.