The product is coated choco chunks. The capability of the MD is Fe 1.5mm, NFE 1.5ss and SS 2.0mm. The process goes thus:
1. melting in jacketed tank
2. Freezing in trays
2. dicing with dicer
3. coating in tumbler
4. screening with sitfer to get required size and get rid of dust used in coating
5. passing through the magnet to check for metal shavings
6. then MD (sensitivity are as stated above)
7. Magnet again for checking that the metal shavings has reduced or there are no more
8. Packaging
Although there are checks like dicer blade check, tray inspection, and screen check during the process, but there is still no 100 % assurance that metal can not be introduced in to the process from other things like ingredient that are not checked before processing. My question now is if #6 and #7 steps can be CCPs.
Thanks!
Hi Omoware,
Thks for details.
Product is RTE, Yes ?
How about the consumer ? I anticipate includes vulnerable category, eg children so >0mm objects are considered significantly hazardous.
How about the sensitivities of the 2 magnets ?
If objects >0mm represent a significant hazard then 1st magnet and MD are presumably (at least partially) controlling different size metal hazards and may have a claim to be CCPs.
Obviously there is a variety of non-magnetic objects which yr system will presumably not reject, eg some SS items < 2mm
A critical query is regarding the actual findings on the final magnet, ie zero implies that the 1st magnet/MD combination is well effective, non-zero may require some thought/quantitative details, eg frequency/size.
I suggest you study these rather detailed threads which also deal with the potentially non-simple aspect of setting a critical limit for magnets -
https://www.ifsqn.co...it/#entry180406
https://www.ifsqn.co...ps/#entry180687
and also the Canadian model magnet/metal detector haccp plan in Post 6 (curiously seems to omit stating type of consumer.) From a metal hazard POV the hazard analysis is effectively a "simplified" haccp plan > MD = CCP
To progress further in a deeper analytical way will need to know an idea of your actual, typical, findings on the 2 magnets and MD.