How to HACCP

HACCP - what is it?

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point.

Within the Food Industry, recent legislation requires that a specific formal risk analysis is performed call "HACCP". This course teaches you how to perform that analysis to the required official standards, and shows you how to use various tools and techniques to produce the documentation required by the relevant authorities.

Originally designed by NASA for the space programme, HACCP is now an industry standard in the way risk analysis is carried out in the food industry. The idea is to identify and control those critical points in the manufacturing or preparation processes allowing procedures to be put into place to ensure food safety. HACCP can also identify Quality Control points that also allows procedures to be implemented to ensure the quality of the product.

Relevant authorities require any food manufacturing or preparation industry to have a documented HACCP Plan and an associated supporting documented Quality Management System in place.

This course teaches you how to go about performing a HACCP analysis, using various tools and techniques to ensure you cover all the required areas that could affect safe food production or preparation.

The course is designed to be interactive, with real-life practical examples for you to work on and "try out" your HACCP skills!

On completion of the course you will be able to:

• State the 7 HACCP principles
• Work through the 12 stages of HACCP
• Produce Flow Diagrams
• Carry out Hazard Analysis correctly
• Carry out Risk Assessment correctly
• Identify Control points correctly
• Produce a Decision Tree
• Identify Critical Limits
• Produce an effective Monitoring Programme
• Produce an effective Corrective Action process
• Establish Verification Procedures
• Validate your complete HACCP System
• Identify Pre-requisites
• Document your complete HACCP System

The course lasts a full day and includes all materials for you to take away.

For further details, or to request this course, please contact us.