Hello all! Long time no see :)
We are preparing to start up a new facility (which doesn't have me stressed at all! I'm definitely keeping up with the ever-updating drawings and new equipment and changing products). As I'm working on my Grant of Inspection Application, I was thinking ahead and starting to work on creating some 90-Day Validation documents for different areas of the HACCP plan.
In the past, I've used similar documents to support implementation of new equipment install, antimicrobials changes, process changes, etc, but I've not done one for the 90-day initial validation of a brand spanking new HACCP plan. Initially, I was going to make a separate document for some additional important monitoring steps (for example, metal detection is a CCP, but a broader validation for foreign material).
I believe that when everyone (the HACCP team, USDA, and the certification body) sits down to review and finalize the initial HACCP plan, it will be easier to pull the CCP documentation and the additional, separate 90 day validation documents. But I'm wondering if the extra verification that goes into that will just be extra work, or if it will be really be the boost in my validation that I'm hoping for.
What do you guys think?
Does anyone have examples they've used? I've always used passed down documents, and making sure I get everything on here has gotten my brain scrambled.