Food Safety Flashcards
Food safety
Preventive measures employed to protect food from biological, chemical and physical hazards to human health
Unlike Food Defense, it addresses unintentional contamination
Food quality
Quality includes all other attributes that influence a product’s value to the consumer
Negative attributes of food quality (4)
Spoilage
Contamination with filth
Discoloration
Off-odors
Positive attributes of food quality (5)
Origin
Color
Flavor
Texture
Processing method of the food
Food defense
Effort to protect food from acts of INTENTIONAL adulteration
Food safety vs food defense
Food safety addresses UNINTENTIONAL contamination
Food defense - intention contamination
Food protection
Addresses food safety and food defense
Food control
A mandatory regulatory activity of enforcement by national or local authorities to provide consumer
protection and ensure that all foods during production, handling, storage, processing, and distribution
are:
-Safe, wholesome, and fit for human consumption
-Conform to safety and quality requirements
-Honestly and accurately labeled as prescribed by law
Food security
when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and
nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life
HACCP = hazard, analysis, critical, control, points
management system in which food safety is addressed through the analysis and control of biological,
chemical, and physical hazards from raw material production, procurement and handling, to manufacturing,
distribution and consumption of the finished product
HACCP features (4)
Assess hazards and establish control systems
Science based
Systematic
Focus on prevention
HACCP final rule (general)
Established requirements for meat and poultry establishments to reduce the occurrence and numbers of pathogenic microorganisms on meat and poultry products, reduce the incidence of foodborne illness associated with the consumption of those products and provide a new framework for modernization of the current system of meat and poultry inspection
HACCP final rule: 4 components/requirements
- Requires that each establishment develop and implement written sanitation standard operating procedures (Sanitation SOP’s)
- Requires regular microbial testing by slaughter establishments to verify the adequacy of the establishments’ process controls for the prevention and removal of fecal contamination and associated bacteria
- Establishes pathogen reduction performance standards for Salmonella that slaughter establishments and establishments producing raw ground products must meet
- Requires that all meat and poultry establishments develop and implement a HACCP system
HACCP certification awarded to business that
has a complete and comprehensive HACCP plan and
has undergone stringent audit from an accredited third-party certification body
Good manufacturing practices that are foundation for HACCP plans (examples)
Facilities
Supplier control
Specifications
Production equipment
Cleaning and sanitation
Personal hygiene
Training
Chemical control
Receiving, storage and shipping
Traceability and recall
Pest control
7 principles of HACCP
- Conducting a hazard analysis
- Identifying critical control points
- Establish critical limits for each critical control point
- Establish critical control point monitoring requirements
- Establish corrective actions
- Establish record keeping procedures
- Establish verification procedures
How to conduct hazard analysis: HACCP
-Involves listing the steps in the process and identifying where significant hazards are likely to occur
-Focuses on hazards that can be prevented, eliminated, or controlled by the HACCP plan
-A justification for including or excluding the hazard is reported, and possible control measures are identified
Determines critical control points: HACCP
-A critical control point (CCP) is a point, step, or procedure at which control can be applied and a food safety hazard can be prevented, eliminated, or reduced to acceptable levels
-Use a CCP decision tree to help identify the critical control points in the process
-A critical control point may control more than one food safety hazard, or in some cases, more than one CCP is needed to control a single hazard
-The number of CCPs needed depends on the processing steps and the control needed to assure food safety
Establish critical limits: HACCP
- critical limit (CL) is the maximum and/or minimum value to which a biological, chemical, or physical parameter must be controlled at a CCP to prevent, eliminate, or reduce to an acceptable level the occurrence of a food safety hazard
-The critical limit is usually a measure such as time, temperature, water activity (aw), pH, weight, or some other measure that is based on scientific literature and/or regulatory standards