Transport risk assessment mapping

Hello all

Bit of advice

we were picked up recently on a customer audit for

'the site have not formally risk assessed the risk of foreign body material coming from third party lorries delivering materials to the site.  Whilst an intake inspection is in place, site needs to have an understanding of the controls of risks from such lorries'

Has anyone got any documents they could share please

Did they have a specific example?

The one I can think of is when you're using bulkers (e.g. vegetable transfer vehicles for unwashed vegetables) and you can have lights on them which could become a risk.  Same with tankers to a degree although with direct hook up the risk is much lower.

What might be worth doing is producing a training document and visual for people checking incoming lorries (whatever kind you're referring to) and the kinds of things to look for.  E.g. broken lights, rust, o rings on hook ups etc as well as the obvious signs of broken pallets, pests etc.  Reading between the lines (I might be making big assumptions here), it reads to me like there are intake checks but the team didn't know what kind of things to look for.

Usually in a HACCP flow's receiving step, we'll call out plausible hazards from shipping:  items spilled from other pallets on a LTL shipment, punctured/damaged cases, etc., and all of that is controlled by an inspection form where we document checking for such hazards.  To GMO's point, if you're receiving open air products like raw agricultural in open, breathable containers, your inspection will need to be a bit more thorough at the receiving step.  If all ingredients are tightly packaged and sealed, pffff, the truck itself isn't going to introduce FM outside of you discovering a spill or broken package.

I have a tab in my hazard analysis about foreign material risk in the facility.   It doesn't exclusively cover unloading trucks, but could be explained to be an umbrella over it, or you could easily add a tab to yours with a quick ra over the specific subject.   Quick n easy.   Maybe tie it to truck inspections, training sheets if needed.

Hi MOOCHIE,

It would be useful to know what the incoming materials are and the packaging format.

Clearly if you buying in open products/materials then that is a far greater risk.

Kind regards,

Tony

Apologies, I have to admit I missed the "risk assessment" part.  Certainly if you have open produce like I suggested or liquids or powders, e.g. carrots, flour, milk then a risk assessment is very much required as the risk is much higher.  If all materials are enclosed, I suppose you could say it's a good idea but the controls will just be pretty generic and normally specified in various standards.  Obviously the risk assessment will drive the documentation and training.