Chapter 6

Question 1

What is the purpose of preliminary tasks to developing a food safety plan? What are the preliminary steps:

Answer 1

To give you the tools and resources you need to implement a food safety plan effectively:

1. Assemble a team
2. Write product and distribution description
3. Write down the intended and foreseeable uses
4. Develop a flow diagram
5. Verify the flow diagram

Question 2

What are kind of team do you need?

Answer 2

You need a team that is diverse in terms of:
-education
-experience
-skillset
Make sure they don’t all think the same way.

Question 3

How to deal with the vast number of food safety responsibilities

Answer 3

Be sure to delegate them to everyone, it is too much for one individual to deal with.

Question 4

How to assemble team and delegate responsibilities?

Answer 4

Assign team members to specific jobs based on qualifications, skillset and experience.

Question 5

How do you describe the product and distribution?

Answer 5

Describe what:

1. The ingredients that make up a product is
2. The package is made out of
3. It’s expiration date
4. How it’s stored and distributed

Question 6

What does every document require?

Answer 6

Name, address and location of the facility where the ingredients/food product (final product) was manufactured.

Question 7

Purpose of a flow diagram and how to verify it?

Answer 7

Purpose of flow diagram: To show the step by step process of how ingredients are produced and are converted into a final product.

1. All steps must be included from start to finish
2. A written description must included for each step
3. All exceptions including blackouts, mislabeling, receiving ingredients from another supplier must be documented