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Posted 27 February 2023 - 01:31 AM

Hi All,

 

I would like to seek your advice regarding our plan to reduce our OPRP monitoring frequency from every 2 hours to once every shift.

Do you have any idea what are the possible documentations that will be checked/ required by the auditor?

 

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Industry: Food Packaging-  glass containers

OPRP: Inspection machines

Significant FS hazard: glass splinters

Action criteria: Maintain shaft position and timing (Highest position 105°, lowest position 285°) and Detection and ejection of all test sample bottles

For the past 10 years, we have no OPRP failure recorded.


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Posted 27 February 2023 - 05:35 AM

Hi QFSMS,

 

If you change to once per shift, when are you going to do the checks?

 

I would consider changing to start and end of shift so that if there is an issue you can hold the product from that shift and investigate. Implement for a few months then review.

 

Kind regards,

 

Tony

 

 


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Posted 27 February 2023 - 04:52 PM

I agree with Tony on trying a new reduced frequency and then reduce again if you feel you can

 

 

Ensure you're prepared to hold and rework any failures as part of the written plan

 

Prepare it like a risk assessment document, so that all of your supporting information is in one location for easy reference, including any trending or data you have to support your new position


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Posted 28 February 2023 - 12:16 AM

When a monitoring system of a CCP or OPRP is changed, as an auditor I will check:

- documented validation of the change;

-challenge if the frequency is still small enough to enable the company to take action to the products produced;

- documented completion of training of the change to relevant employees;

- HACCP-analyses.


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Posted 06 March 2023 - 01:45 AM

thank you so much for your inputs. I really appreciate.


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