Preventive controls program for a chocolate manufacturer
I am new to this business and am struggling - all of my years (30) have been in the meat business. I work with chocolate, bakery/pastry, and gelato now. Our company is "smallish" but growing leaps and bounds. I was hired to create preventive controls/CCP's and prepare us for GFSI-SQF. I want to make sure I assign the proper microbiological assets to the hazard analysis. Does anyone have information for web searches, web information, or an example preventive controls/haccp/ccp/hazard analysis program from a chocolate manufacturer (ganache filled chocolates, solid chocolates, enrobed chocolate process), bakery/pastry (bread, cakes, muffins, pies), and gelato? I currently have water activity and metal detection for chocolate, nothing for bakery/pastry because I have no idea what to assign in there, and time/temperature for gelato. Wow! this business is more complicated than I ever imagined! Thank you for any advice or help at all!
Is there an exisiting HACCP plan or is this all new, as in building from scratch?
totally building from scratch. zero on bakery/pastry and there was a "skeleton" of information for the chocolate - meaning we have metal detection because a customer told us to and just from reading and researching I know water activity will be important in this process (water is the enemy). Gelato I'm "comfortable" with since it is pretty much dictated by the PMO. The other 2 have my heading spinning. Just want to make sure I get it right.
Just come through another thread about bakery. My background is not in bakery/dairy either. I try to know more categories from this forum by reading what others' experience are.
CCP of bakery would be metal detection (for sure) and heat treatment (debatable, see this link https://www.ifsqn.co...-or-remove-ccp/ ).
For gelato, I assume aW would be an CCP (microbial-wise), as well as fat percentage (regulatory) and metal detection in packed product?
Will keep checking this thread to see others' opinions.
Appendix 1 - https://www.fda.gov/.../99581/download - This shows the hazards. Your CCPs will be how you can control them.
When we had our recent FDA inspection - this guide is what the inspector referenced for our ingredients and hazards. This also references finished products.
If you haven't taken the PCQI course, I highly recommend you do so. Even though with your experience, it wouldn't be required. The in person class allows you to ask questions.
Yes, just finished the PCQI course. Very informative and very different than USDA HACCP. All of your input is extremely helpful!