On the other hand, records must be kept of the actual execution of the specified measures.
Under directive 91/493/EEC of the Fish Hygiene Regulation these records have to be kept for at least two years for possible presentation to the responsible authorities.
Diagram 2 shows a table for recording CCPs, the required monitoring measures, corrective action and measures for checking their effectiveness.
Raw material / product Process stage |
Hazard |
Limits / Target |
Monitoring procedure |
(Corrective) action should values exceed/fall below limits |
Measure for checking effectiveness |
There are various ways of preparing the necessary documents. One is to draw up individual documents such is product descriptions, flow; charts, monitoring plans.
The individual sheets do not have to be of a standardized form, but they must be legible and suited to systematic storage: in a file, for example. Another file could then contain the regular records of the implemented measures.
Companies which prefer a more systematic procedure could prepare the documents in the form of an HACCP manual in which the various product groups and required measures are dealt with in individual chapters. Each chapter contains the product description, hazard analysis, production description (flow chart) and the plan with the determined CCPs, monitoring measures and corrective action as well as appropriate references to existing cleaning and disinfecting plans etc. Any changes in product group or the introduction of a new product group only necessitates the exchange or replacement of the chapter in the manual or the addition of a new chapter.
Out-of-date chapters should be kept for at least 2 years. Further files can be used to keep these records.
If, in addition to the development of an in-house control system, an ISO 9000 ff.-based quality management system (quality assurance system) is also being developed, or if such a system already exists, it is advisable to integrate the HACCP documents within the quality management system.
A lot of the ISO 9000 ff. requirements and those for the development of an in-house control system coincide, so that separate treatment of the two topics would mean extra superfluous work. One example of documents required by both systems is instruction for production procedures with flow charts and finisher product specifications. In this case it certainly makes sense to include these documents in the HACCP manual, too. This does not only avoid drawing up the same documents twice but also avoids the risk that in the event of a document ’s having to be altered, this is forgotten in the parallel document in the other 'system".
We hope our Hygiene Series has given you some useful tips on the implementation of the hygiene measures required to get your company ft for the international market.
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