HACCP Final EXAM(Graded A+ actual test)

Preliminary Steps of HACCP - 1) Assemble the HACCP team 2) Describe the food and its distribution 3) Describe the intended use and the consumers of the food 4) Develop the flow diagram and describe the processes 5) Verify flow diagram Principles of HACCP - 1) Conduct hazard analysis 2) Determine critical control points 3) Establish critical limits 4) Establish monitoring procedures 5) Establish corrective actions 6) Establish verification procedures 7) Establish recordkeeping and documentation Tasks described by the FDA to develop a PC - 1) Hazard analysis 2) Risk-based preventative controls 3) Monitoring of effectiveness 4) Corrective actions 5) Verification and validation 6) Recordkeeping and documentation 7) Requirement to reanalyze/develop recall plan When must a company implement a corrective action? - When a deviation occurs at a CCP What are the eight (soon nine) allergens? - Milk, Egg, Shellfish, Treenuts, Soy, Wheat, Fish, Peanuts, and SesameWhat are the four components FDA requires as part of a Corrective Action? - 1) the cause of the deviation is identified and corrected 2) measures to reduce the likelihood of occurrence are established 3) affected product is evaluated for safety 4) prevent affected food from entering commerce What is the purpose of verification? - Those activities, other than monitoring, that determine the validity of the HACCP plan and that the system is operating according to the plan Calibration of equipment is a part of what procedures for the food safety plan? - Verification FDA requires that all monitoring and corrective action records for a Preventive Controls for Human Food plan be reviewed within how many working days from the time they were created? - Seven What is a HACCP Summary Table? - -includes process steps that are only CCPs -has all information from critical limits, monitoring procedures, corrective actions, list of records, and verification procedures for each CCP FDA requires that verification records, including calibration, product testing, environmental monitoring and supplier program records be reviewed within how many days from the time they were created? - Reviewed in a reasonable time USDA FSIS requires that all monitoring and corrective actions records for a HACCP plan be reviewed when? - Prior to the product being shipped, sold, or transfer of ownership A Preventive Controls for Human Food plan must be signed and dated by the owner, operator, or agentin-charge when? - Upon completion of the plan FDA requires that a Preventive Controls for Human Food plan by reanalyzed at least every how many years? - Every Three YearsUSDA FSIS requires a HACCP plan be reviewed at least every how many years? - One year What is a preshipment review? - -review of records associated with a specific production of product or establishment designated lots before it is shipped into commerce -includes a check of any records associated with the HACCP system, including prerequisite programs, that are tired to the specific production lot that is being shipped -ensures that all applicable prerequisite programs have been implemented, that all critical limits at all CCPs have been met, and that any required corrective actions have been taken When does FSIS consider a product to be "produced and shipped?" - When the establishment completes the pre-shipment review even if the product is still at the establishment What does direct observation of monitoring in a HACCP plan mean? - Describing who will be responsible for visually observing the individual conducting the monitoring activity to be sure it is being done as stated in the HACCP plan and describing the frequency that direct observation of monitoring will be conducted (True/False) A company's HACCP or Preventive Control for Human Food plan should be considered a confidential document by the company? - True