Chapter 8 Flashcards
Hazard that requires a preventitive control?
Any hazard that could cause an illness or injury if untreated
What can a proper hazard analysis do?
- identify hazard
- focus resources on developing a preventive control
- improve workplace operations
The consequence of not implementing hazard analysis?
- unmanagable food saftey plan
- ineffective food saftey plan
- regulatory agenices getting involved
Describe the hazard analysis process:
- Describe all of the steps of the process
- Identify hazard
- Determine if the hazard requires a preventive control
- Justify decision
- Implement preventive control
Where to look when trying to identify a hazard?
- Formulation ingredients
- conditions, functions and design of the facility and equipment
- storage, transportation and distribution conditions
- preperation steps and process
5.raw materials - processing procedures
7.
How to evaluate how severe a food saftey hazard is?
- intensity, duration
- effect of secondary effects caused by the actual effects
- exposure to populations vulnerable to foodbourne illness
Evaluating the likelyhood of a hazard
- Analyze the formulation
- inspect the equipment and facility
- storage conditions
- transportation conditions
- Distribution conditions
- sanitation
Evaluating the likelyhood of a hazard
Consult:
- data regarding previous hazards
- data regarding hazards of similar products
- trade associations
- regulation agencies
- history of hazards at facility
What historical info can help you identify a hazard?
- Ingredients
- Finished product
- Process control
- Env. monitoring
consumer complaints
Biological hazard preventive controls
process steps to kill or prevent growth of bacteria
Chemical hazard preventive controls
- Label allergens properly
2. prevent cross contact between allergens and foods
Physical object preventive controls
Test for foreign objects:
-x-ray
-metal testing
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What to consider with PC’s?
- are they effective
- can they be monitored
- does one enhance the other
- do they have an effect on each other
Conducting a hazard analysis of several products
group them based on similar char: aw, ph, water activity etc.
