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How many CCP's in your HACCP System?

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Posted 14 February 2020 - 08:33 PM

Good afternoon all, 

 

I have looked to this forum for a lot of information and am never disappointed.  After a google search for "zero ccps in a haccp" topic was the top link.  I am wrapping up the final updates on our HACCP and we haven't identified any CCPs in our process, so am relieved to see others agree it it is possible.  The test will be in the next few months when we have our third party audit for certification.

 

Have a great weekend, 

 

Jill



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Posted 19 February 2020 - 03:33 PM

Hey Jill, one thing to keep in mind is that the auditor will most likely take a look at your customer complaint history. Make sure that helps validate the no CCP decision. For example, if you have customer complaints for foreign material, the auditor will have a harder time buying that you don't need some type of foreign material critical control point.



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Posted 24 February 2020 - 09:45 AM

Hey all,

 

I have been running our HACCP in a food storage/distribution facility with 0 CCPs for quite sometime now and when the FDA came through I gave them the same argument that I usually do, which has always been acceptable.  I told them that we have a robust set of PRPs and GDPs and that we had policies in place to maintain time and temperature.  His argument was Form-438 reporting that our HACCP plan is not considered a HACCP plan unless there are CCPs in place.  The company was put on notice and we had to create CCPs in the process.  It is great that you have a good program to keep them out I am confident that without a CCP you will continue to get notice.  I process finished/packaged product and have 14.  I would reassess your plan and keep in mind that the hazards are for issues that are "reasonably likely to occur."  What you consider reasonable and what the FDA and USDA consider reasonable might not be agreeing at this point.

 

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Posted 24 February 2020 - 04:45 PM

Hey Brendan, did you mean the argument was on his Form-483? What did he use to back up the claim that your "HACCP plan is not considered a HACCP plan unless there are CCPs in place"? There are several risk assessment matrices out there and I'm not sure how the FDA inspector could trump those and say you need to have a CCP to be a HACCP plan.



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Posted 11 March 2020 - 12:38 PM

yes



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Posted 15 May 2020 - 06:29 PM

Hey all,

 

I have been running our HACCP in a food storage/distribution facility with 0 CCPs for quite sometime now and when the FDA came through I gave them the same argument that I usually do, which has always been acceptable.  I told them that we have a robust set of PRPs and GDPs and that we had policies in place to maintain time and temperature.  His argument was Form-438 reporting that our HACCP plan is not considered a HACCP plan unless there are CCPs in place.  The company was put on notice and we had to create CCPs in the process.  It is great that you have a good program to keep them out I am confident that without a CCP you will continue to get notice.  I process finished/packaged product and have 14.  I would reassess your plan and keep in mind that the hazards are for issues that are "reasonably likely to occur."  What you consider reasonable and what the FDA and USDA consider reasonable might not be agreeing at this point.

 

Cheers.

 

Oh my, you went from 0 to 14 CCP's because of one audit?



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Posted 15 May 2020 - 06:39 PM

Hey all,

 

I have been running our HACCP in a food storage/distribution facility with 0 CCPs for quite sometime now and when the FDA came through I gave them the same argument that I usually do, which has always been acceptable.  I told them that we have a robust set of PRPs and GDPs and that we had policies in place to maintain time and temperature.  His argument was Form-438 reporting that our HACCP plan is not considered a HACCP plan unless there are CCPs in place.  The company was put on notice and we had to create CCPs in the process.  It is great that you have a good program to keep them out I am confident that without a CCP you will continue to get notice.  I process finished/packaged product and have 14.  I would reassess your plan and keep in mind that the hazards are for issues that are "reasonably likely to occur."  What you consider reasonable and what the FDA and USDA consider reasonable might not be agreeing at this point.

 

Cheers.

 

Oh wow, I have recently joined an importer as QC. We do storage and distribution of some products and repackaging and distribution of some. We are fairly small company. We have all the correct measures and steps in place to reduce hazards as much as possible. I have developed a HACCP plan with 0 CCPs. As we monitor temperature twice a day and make sure it is in range. We are yet to get HACCP certified. 

 

Do you think I should get a third party auditor on board before we schedule a federal audit?

 

Thanks,

Neha. 



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Posted 16 May 2020 - 11:26 PM

Is there a specific statement in the relevant FDA Regulations  to support the interpretation that a haccp plan must have > 0 CCPs ? I seem to remember that this "trap" has long been a FSIS mantra.


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Posted 18 May 2020 - 09:38 AM

Y'all.

 

This thread is 16 years old; I think it's a good time to restart it.  :shades:



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Posted 18 June 2020 - 02:24 PM

We have a process for tortilla chips and yes there are no CCP's in the HACCP plan - all hazards are controlled thru an effective PRP . oPRP and GMP's

Some may think the metal detection should be a CCP however, with oPRP for foreign materials control and a metal detector  - no CCP

 

Thoughts?



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Posted 24 June 2020 - 04:36 AM

We have a process for tortilla chips and yes there are no CCP's in the HACCP plan - all hazards are controlled thru an effective PRP . oPRP and GMP's

Some may think the metal detection should be a CCP however, with oPRP for foreign materials control and a metal detector  - no CCP

 

Thoughts?

 

(Sort of) Off-topic

If one prefers a non-simple FS life, think oprp. IMHO it should have never have been invented.


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Posted 27 June 2020 - 01:14 PM

We have a process for tortilla chips and yes there are no CCP's in the HACCP plan - all hazards are controlled thru an effective PRP . oPRP and GMP's

Some may think the metal detection should be a CCP however, with oPRP for foreign materials control and a metal detector  - no CCP

 

Thoughts?

 

If metal detection is a step in your diagram, it should be... Or at least it will depend on the sensitivity.

From Codex Tree : Is the step designed to remove the hasard or keep it within the limit ? -> Yes, metal detection is designed to removed metal contaminated products above "2mm" -> CCP

But why would you use a MD when the detection limit is 25 mm, for example ?

 

With ISO22000 and CCP/oPRP distinction, it is still a CCP for me. MD will separate immediatelly (no delay) all (systematic control) products on "PASS" and "FAIL" categories (no "amber" category)


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Posted 29 June 2020 - 02:31 PM

We are an egg packing facility and we have no CCP's :)



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Posted 21 August 2020 - 03:24 AM

Hello,

 

Based on the new version of ISO 22000:2018 most of the control measures considered before as CCP are now categorized as oPRP.

 

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Posted 17 November 2020 - 09:01 AM

Hello,

 

Based on the new version of ISO 22000:2018 most of the control measures considered before as CCP are now categorized as oPRP.

 

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Olive

Sort of OT wrt to OP

 

Hi Olive,

 

Interesting. Had not noticed this.

 

Can you give some examples/cross-references ?


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Posted 05 August 2021 - 02:01 AM

Hi Charles,

 

Sorry for a very late reply. Here is my example of the CCP that is now categorized as an oPRP:

Before we consider baking as CCP, but then we realize that baking temp and time is not specifically designed to kill microorganisms from the RM.

Time and temp combination is primarily designed for product conversion and to achieve the desired sensory property of the product. Fluctuations or off std. value does not mean it is potentially unsafe and the product produced is not fit for human consumption.

 

ISO 22000:2018 8.9.2.2 8.9.2.2 When critical limits at CCPs are not met, affected products shall be identified and handled as potentially unsafe products

 

Referring to this statement, plus the D-value of pathogen of concerns and the Control Measure that we are currently using, we can confidently declare that it is not a CCP.

 

Hope I was able to explain this right to you.  :smile:

 

Best regards,

Olive



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Posted 05 August 2021 - 02:32 AM

Hi Charles,

 

Sorry for a very late reply. Here is my example of the CCP that is now categorized as an oPRP:

Before we consider baking as CCP, but then we realize that baking temp and time is not specifically designed to kill microorganisms from the RM.

Time and temp combination is primarily designed for product conversion and to achieve the desired sensory property of the product. Fluctuations or off std. value does not mean it is potentially unsafe and the product produced is not fit for human consumption.

 

ISO 22000:2018 8.9.2.2 8.9.2.2 When critical limits at CCPs are not met, affected products shall be identified and handled as potentially unsafe products

 

Referring to this statement, plus the D-value of pathogen of concerns and the Control Measure that we are currently using, we can confidently declare that it is not a CCP.

 

Hope I was able to explain this right to you.  :smile:

 

Best regards,

Olive

 

Hi Olive,

 

Thks comments.

 

Frankly, based on yr interpretation, I would have thought that you would have concluded that no significant FS hazard existed. So neither CCP nor oprp.

 

Based on many previous discussions here the conclusion as to CCP/oprp (or even PRP) seems ultimately to be a "matter of opinion". Some haccp users will agree with you, many will probably not. Likely also true for auditors. :smile:

 

As long as it (audit/control-wise) works for you, it's OK.

 

ISO22004 (paraphrasing) remarks that the number of CCPs relative to oprps is less important than ensuring that all significant safety hazards are acceptably controlled.

 

PS - JFI, this thread originated prior to the existence of ISO22000 :smile:


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Posted 12 January 2022 - 06:44 PM

To say that a HACCP program with no CCPs is not auditable is scary. Don't look for CCPs look for control Measures that eliminate or mitigate valid hazards and that are effectively implemented. So that if you choose to call your CCPs "soft love" would the auditor refuse to do the audit?



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Posted 11 February 2022 - 06:30 PM

I always get a bunch of notifications from this thread.  Years later, and many audits later, we have landed on 1 CCP for time and temperature.  It is one that has been agreed upon by FDA and is only in place because of the seafood that makes its way through the facility.  Time and Temp.  Everything els continues to be controlled by PRPs and GDPs. 

 

That's the thing about food safety.  Always evolving.

 

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Posted 04 May 2023 - 06:23 PM

No CCPs, absolutely! I am a practitioner in a corrugated packaging facility and our HACCP plan is reviewed like everyone else, and we do not declare a CCP. We do have robust programs in place, and I am sure that eases my pain. 



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Posted 14 November 2023 - 07:35 AM

Hi Charles,

Answer to your question is Yes. If a HACCP plan controls the risk of hazard through PRP's 100% then no need of either OPRP or CCP.





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