Question – does FSMA covers Canned Seafood Manufacturing – well yes and no – There was a couple of recalls for canned seafood this week — one of which was: The Spot of Garibaldi, Oregon is voluntarily recalling ALL canned salmon and tuna with any...
As we all know, the devil is in the details. Are you going to create numerous new and complex policies, plans, procedures and check sheets for compliance or are you going to streamline your approach to compliance with added data analysis abilities to constantly improve...
Actually, the answer is quite simple. Until you have assurance that the significant hazard that is likely to occur that you have identified has reasonable evidence of Preventive Control. Simple right? Let’s take a small example of a program that was a PRP before and...
Obviously, it would be very difficult to boil down all the content of the new Food Safety Modernization Act’s Preventive Controls for Human Foods into a few key points. But after having participated in the three webinars that the FDA conducted last week on Preventive...
– what I find remarkable is the level of preventive controls documented by the FDA for processing facilities versus retail deli – the requirements are much more detailed for processors. There is not a mandatory requirement for monitoring for pathogens (Listeria) in Retail and the...
Many ingredient manufacturers have customers in two markets, the general public and finished goods manufacturers. While the ingredients that are processed may be very similar, the processing could be significantly different in respect to the type of Critical Control Points in the HACCP plan. The...