Post No. 20 What are the steps involved in undertaking HACCP?

So you are implementing a food safety management system based on the hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) approach? There are twelve steps, they are:

• Assemble HACCP Team and Identify Scope (Step 1); 
• Describe product (Step 2); 
• Identify intended use and users (Step 3); 
• Construct flow diagram (Step 4); 
• On-site confirmation of flow diagram (Step 5); 
• List all potential hazards that are likely to occur and associated with each step, conduct a hazard analysis to identify the significant hazards, and consider any measures to control identified hazards (Step 6/ Principle 1)
• Determine the Critical Control Points (Step 7/ Principle 2);
• Establish validated critical limits for each CCP (Step 8/ Principle 3);
• Establish a Monitoring System for Each CCP (Step 9/ Principle 4);
• Establish corrective actions (Step 10/ Principle 5);
• Validation of the HACCP Plan and Verification Procedures (Step 11/ Principle 6);
• Establish Documentation and Record Keeping (Step 12/ Principle 7)

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