SQF Traceability
Hello,
I have a question around SQF traceability. I work in a facility that packs a wip product to be fermented into a bin. That wip product for one production day gets a lot code, then the next day gets a different lot code etc...Those bins are then packed into a multitude of serving sizes at a later date. Do i need to be able to account to the singular bin of wip product in a trace, or is it good enough to have the entire wip production day under one lotcode that is tracked into the finished goods?
Nope, it is not good enough.
Nope, it is not good enough.
Would you be able to expand on that a little more? We would need to have a unique lot identifier for each fermented blue bin instead? Even if we are able to trace the full production day of fermented bins under one master wip lot code one step forward and back without the individual fermented bin lot code?
Hi j123456,
Your traceability system must provide traceability forwards and backwards at all stages from raw material to finished product.
You need to record information from raw material batch codes (including packaging), individual batch mix codes, intermediate products and then the final packed product lot codes. If you make several mixes in one day then you could have the same lot number for the day but add an A for the 1st batch B for the 2nd batch etc. to maintain traceability to individual batches.
You will also need to record which products/batch codes were delivered to customers.
SQF do provide a Tip Sheet 15 - Product Identification, Traceability, and Withdraw and Recall
Kind regards,
Tony
You need to track each individual bin of work-in-progress product in your traceability system.
Your traceability is wholly dependent on BATCH SIZE
so, if you are coding each bin differently, than you need to be able to trace each bin (which is the best way to do this)
HOWEVER
you could opt to record ALL raw ingredients used during a production SHIFT and then use that traceability into the finished goods for THAT DAY
The caveat is, that you would HAVE TO recall the entire production day AND your mock trace would always be an entire production shift, which would be enormous