Learn more about the various GMP guidelines for safe preparation and packaging.
Food processing facilities should be constructed to segregate food processing activities from the outside environment.
Each plant shall be equipped with adequate sanitary facilities and accommodations.
All equipment should be so installed and maintained as to facilitate the cleaning of the equipment and of all adjacent spaces.
All operations in the receiving, inspecting, transporting, segregating, preparing, manufacturing, packaging, and storing of food shall be conducted in accordance with adequate sanitation principles.
Storage and transportation of finished food shall be under conditions that will protect food against physical, chemical, and microbial contamination as well as against deterioration of the food and the container.
What is a Recall? A food recall includes any corrective action by a company needed to protect consumers from potentially adverse effects of a contaminated, adulterated, or misbranded product.
Food Defense is the effort to protect the food supply against intentional contamination due to sabotage, terrorism, counterfeiting, or other illegal, intentionally harmful means.
Each year, millions of Americans have allergic reactions to food. Although most food allergies cause relatively mild and minor symptoms, some food allergies can cause severe reactions, and may even be life-threatening.
A good sanitation policy will include cleaning and sanitation procedures for all areas of the facility, training employees responsible for cleaning and sanitation and ongoing monitoring.
‘If it’s not written down, then it didn’t happen!’ The basic rules in any good manufacturing practice (GMP) regulations specify that the handlers must maintain proper documentation and records.
