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Posted 02 March 2020 - 05:42 PM

Hi I am Booh and in need of  a Risk Assessment Template. Has anyone did a risk assessment on their product and prove that metal detector is not needed? Do you have a template or form that we can use?

 

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Posted 02 March 2020 - 06:36 PM

Might be useful to know - what's the product, what other controls do you have in place, and what (if any) certification standards are you working with? (e.g. BRC has some very specific ideas about metal detection).



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Posted 02 March 2020 - 06:42 PM

Your Hazard Analysis from your HACCP plan is the perfect template  :thumbup:


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Posted 02 March 2020 - 07:15 PM

Our product is food aerosol, SQF Food Safety ( Manufacturing) and Quality Codes edition 8. Our Controls are vendor management program, allergen, sanitation, and process control ( filter). NO CCP.



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Posted 02 March 2020 - 07:41 PM

From the top of my head, I believe you use different types of propellants (or one), where is the propellant coming out of? Is it free of foreign material? Do you do testing? How are you ensuring the propellant is free of physical contamination...


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Posted 02 March 2020 - 08:27 PM

Yes, we do testing. We have 4  types. The product will not spray if there is any physical contamination. Our preventive process control are filters and sieves.



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Posted 03 March 2020 - 09:46 PM

Hi I am Booh and in need of a Risk Assessment Template. Has anyone did a risk assessment on their product and prove that metal detector is not needed? Do you have a template or form that we can use?

Thank you.

We produce egg products. We use only sieves 1 mm...special sieves...like drilled tube with many holes 1 mm.
Sieve must be in every filling line at the end.
Brc gives scheme how to assess need for metal detector.

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Posted 04 March 2020 - 07:03 AM

Hi I am Booh and in need of  a Risk Assessment Template. Has anyone did a risk assessment on their product and prove that metal detector is not needed? Do you have a template or form that we can use?

 

Thank you.

 

I assume the item(s) receiving the aerosol is RTE and not intended for a sensitive consumer, eg children.

 

Have a look at this thread for some SQF-related comments-

 

https://www.ifsqn.co...on/#entry105799

 

One "logical" justification for the non-use of an MD could be Yes answers to queries like -

 

(1) Is the sieve screening implemented at final stage of product flow penultimate to "packing"  stage?

 

(2) is the sieve screen size  capable (validated?) of removing foreign material of a size smaller than a metal detector ?

 

TBH, I'm rather surprised that the sieve is not a CCP.


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Charles.C




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