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Posted 14 January 2023 - 07:45 AM

Hello.
Are there someone who received a major non-conformance for missing a 3rd party calibration for a thermometer?
Thank you.


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Posted 14 January 2023 - 01:05 PM

What is a "3rd party calibration?"


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Posted 16 January 2023 - 11:08 AM

I would assume it refers to a calibration by a certified company (and not an internal calibration by the food business using the thermometer)


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Posted 16 January 2023 - 02:09 PM

At almost every audit, I have been asked if we have sent out our thermometer for calibration, I presumed we'd get a minor if that we had not. What standard are you being audited against?


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Posted 16 January 2023 - 04:43 PM

Is the thermometer used for calibrating a thermometer you are using to check a CCP? Or used to calibrate a cooler that has food that must be at 40F or less? Those are the only scenarios I can think for from my experience.  


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Posted 16 January 2023 - 09:58 PM

Is the thermometer used for calibrating a thermometer you are using to check a CCP? Or used to calibrate a cooler that has food that must be at 40F or less? Those are the only scenarios I can think for from my experience.  

 

That's the scenario I'm imagining.  A thermal CCP and no records for the thermometer. 

 

A calibration would seem to imply a bimetal coil or equivalent physical instrument.


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Posted 17 January 2023 - 06:17 AM

Hello.
Are there someone who received a major non-conformance for missing a 3rd party calibration for a thermometer?
Thank you.

 

Hi Jeffrifermin,

 

A non-conformance yes, but not a major. More questions, than answers I’m afraid as more information would be useful.

 

What is the thermometer monitoring/used to check?

 

Calibration methods and frequency should be documented for all available measuring, test, and inspection equipment, have you complied with this?

 

Has the thermometer ever been calibrated.

 

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Posted 17 January 2023 - 04:11 PM

If that thermometer is being used for a preventive control/ critical control point then it could equate to a major if you are not verifying the temperatures accuracy for doing any internal or external calibration it. 


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Posted 17 January 2023 - 04:39 PM

If that thermometer is being used for a preventive control/ critical control point then it could equate to a major if you are not verifying the temperatures accuracy for doing any internal or external calibration it.


Or if a minor had already been issued for this non-conformance.

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Posted 17 January 2023 - 10:43 PM

I've always gotten by with having the original certificate from the thermometer manufacturer.  If that features an expiration, or the manufacturer states it should be recalibrated within a certain timeframe, then I'd say one should have that calibration performed (likely having it sent back to the manufacturer) or purchasing a new one.  Same for any probe devices used with the thermometer: should have a guarantee from the manufacturer, and if your verifications show they are out of spec, discarded for new.

 

If the thermometer is utilized as part of a CCP, and is outside of it's calibration, I can see an auditor pushing it for a major finding.


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