Hi qling,
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INTERNATIONAL ISO STANDARD ISO 22000:2018 Food safety management systems — Requirements for any organization in the food chain states the following:
8.2 Prerequisite programmes (PRPs)
8.2.3 When selecting and/or establishing PRP(s), the organization shall ensure that applicable statutory, regulatory and mutually agreed customer requirements are identified. The organization should consider:
a) the applicable part of the ISO/TS 22002 series;
8.2.4 When establishing PRP(s) the organization shall consider:
f) supplier approval and assurance processes (e.g. raw materials, ingredients, chemicals and packaging);
TECHNICAL ISO/TS SPECIFICATION 22002-1 Prerequisite programmes on food safety —
Part 1: Food manufacturing states the following:
9.2 Selection and management of suppliers
There shall be a defined process for the selection, approval and monitoring of suppliers. The process used shall be justified by hazard assessment, including the potential risk to the final product, and shall include:
a) assessment of the supplier’s ability to meet quality and food safety expectations, requirements and specifications;
b) description of how suppliers are assessed;
NOTE Examples of a description of how suppliers are assessed include:
1) audit of the supplying site prior to accepting materials for production;
2) appropriate third party certification.
c) monitoring the performance of the supplier to assure continued approval status.
NOTE
Monitoring includes conformity with material or product specifications, fulfilment of COA requirements, satisfactory audit outcomes.
You can initially categorise the risk presented by your suppliers by the nature of the material/service provided.
Score Supplier Category Rating
5 Final Ingredient/Contract Packer
4 Raw Ingredient/High Risk Service
3 Contact Packaging
2 Non-Contact Packaging
1 Low Risk Service
A documented risk analysis should be carried out by the Food Safety Team for each raw material (or group of raw materials)/product/service to identify potential risks to product safety, integrity, legality and quality taking into account the potential for:
- Microbiological contamination
- Chemical contamination
- Physical contamination
- Allergens and possible allergen contamination
- Possible substitution or fraud
- Effect on product quality
The assessment should identify the significance and severity of the risk.
Consideration should also be given to the significance of a material to the quality of the final product. The results of the risk analysis should dictate the criteria for supplier assurance, testing and acceptance of raw materials and procedures for supplier monitoring.
Kind regards,
Tony