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Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) is a process control system
designed to identify and prevent microbial and other hazards in food production. It
includes steps designed to prevent problems before they occur and to correct
deviations as soon as they are detected. Such preventive control systems with
documentation and verification are widely recognized by scientific authorities and
international organizations as the most effective approach available for producing
safe food.
Under the Pathogen Reduction and HACCP Systems regulations, USDA is
requiring that all meat and poultry plants design and implement HACCP systems.
Plants will be required to develop HACCP plans to monitor and control production
operations.
HACCP was implemented first in the largest meat and poultry plants, with 75
percent of slaughter production under HACCP-based process control systems on
January 26, 1998. HACCP will be phased in throughout the regulated industry over
a 2-year period. Very small plants will be phased in during the final stage, by
January 25, 2000.
HACCP is endorsed by such scientific and food safety authorities as the
National Academy of Sciences and the National Advisory Committee
on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF), and by such international
organizations as the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the International
Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods.
HACCP systems must be based on the seven principles articulated by the
NACMCF. The seven principles are: (1) hazard analysis, (2) critical control point
identification, (3) establishment of critical limits, (4) monitoring procedures, (5)
corrective actions, (6) record keeping, and (7) verification procedures.
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) is a process control system
designed to identify and prevent microbial and other hazards in food production. It
includes steps designed to prevent problems before they occur and to correct
deviations as soon as they are detected. Such preventive control systems with
documentation and verification are widely recognized by scientific authorities and
international organizations as the most effective approach available for producing
safe food.
Under the Pathogen Reduction and HACCP Systems regulations, USDA is
requiring that all meat and poultry plants design and implement HACCP systems.
Plants will be required to develop HACCP plans to monitor and control production
operations.
HACCP will be implemented first in the largest meat and poultry plants, with 75
percent of slaughter production to be under HACCP-based process control systems
by January 26, 1998. HACCP will be phased in throughout the regulated industry
over a 2-year period. Very small plants will be phased in during the final stage, by
January 25, 2000.
HACCP is endorsed by such scientific and food safety authorities as the National
Academy of Sciences and the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological
Criteria for Foods (NACMCF), and by such international organizations as the
Codex Alimentarius Commission and the International
Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods.
HACCP systems must be based on the seven principles articulated by the
NACMCF. The seven principles are: (1) hazard analysis, (2) critical control point
identification, (3) establishment of critical limits, (4) monitoring procedures, (5)
corrective actions, (6) record keeping, and (7) verification procedures.
Validation ensures that the plans do what they were designed to do; that is,
they are successful in ensuring the production of safe product. Plants will be
required to validate their own HACCP plans. FSIS will not approve HACCP
plans in advance, but will review them for conformance with the final rule.
Verification ensures the HACCP plan is adequate, that is, working as
intended. Verification procedures may include such activities as review of
HACCP plans, CCP records, critical limits and microbial sampling and
analysis. FSIS is requiring that the HACCP plan include verification tasks to
be performed by plant personnel. Verification tasks would also be performed
by FSIS inspectors. Both FSIS and industry will undertake microbial testing
as one of several verification activities. the occurrence of the identified food
safety hazard.