Meat Industry Guide

Chapter 9 HACCP1

9. Introduction

9.1. HACCP principles

9.2. Flexibility in implementing HACCP principles
9.3. Good hygiene practices (GHP)
9.4. Generic plans
9.5. Legal requirements for HACCP
A. HACCP based procedures
B. Application of HACCP principles
C. Review of HACCP-based procedures
D. HACCP training
9.6. Official control requirements
Annex 1. CCP decision tree

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Hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP)

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9. Introduction
All food business operators are responsible for making sure that the food produced by their
business is safe to eat (Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 Article 14.2). This means that it is neither
injurious to health nor unfit for human consumption. To do this, Regulation (EC) 852/2004 Article
5 requires the operator to put in place, implement and maintain permanent procedures based on
HACCP principles.

To produce safe food for consumers, all the important safety hazards that are associated with the
production of food need to be prevented, eliminated or reduced to an acceptable level. These
food safety hazards may be biological, physical or chemical – see chapter 1 ‘Introduction’.

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9.1. HACCP principles

The seven hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) principles provide a systematic way
of identifying food safety hazards, making sure that they are being managed responsibly and
showing that this is being done continuously.

In short this involves the following steps:

 Plan – what needs to be done to maintain food safety and write it down.
 Do – what you planned to do to maintain food safety.
 Check – that you are doing what you planned to do to maintain food safety and write down
what was checked and when.
 Act – to correct any food safety problems and write down what has been done about the
problem and when.

The 7 HACCP principles are:

1. Identify any hazards that must be prevented, eliminated, or reduced to acceptable levels.
2. Identify the critical control points (CCPs) at the step or steps at which control is essential to
prevent or eliminate a hazard or to reduce it to acceptable levels.
3. Establish critical limits at CCPs which separate acceptability from unacceptability for the
prevention, elimination or reduction of identified hazards.
4. Establish and implement effective monitoring procedures at CCPs.
5. Establish corrective actions when monitoring indicates that a CCPs is not under control.
6. Establish procedures, which shall be carried out regularly, to verify that the above measures
are working effectively.
7. Establish documents and records commensurate with the nature and size of the food
business to demonstrate the effective application of the above measures.

EU food hygiene legislation requires food business operators to establish, implement and
maintain a food safety management system based on the seven HACCP principles (Codex
Alimentarius document CAC/RCP 1-1969, rev. 4-2003 available at: www.codexalimentarius.net).

Documentation is an important part of a HACCP-based system and may be kept in the ‘Food
safety management diary for meat producers’ available from the FSA website at:
www.food.gov.uk/foodindustry/meat/haccpmeatplants/ and on the FSS website at:
http://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/publications-and-research/food-safety-management-fsm-
diary-for-meat-producers.

9.2. Flexibility in implementing HACCP principles (EC guidance 16/11/05)

In food businesses involving no preparation, manufacturing or processing of food (for example,
grocery shops or the storage and transport of pre-packed food at ambient temperature), hazards
may be controlled through good hygiene practices alone.

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Where food is prepared, manufactured or processed operators can develop their own food safety
management procedures by following a traditional HACCP, or by following guides to good
practice, including generic HACCP guides.

Documentation is an important part of the HACCP process as it provides evidence of the

operator’s thinking and decisions that can be audited. However, flexibility includes the possibility
of exception reporting of visual monitoring checks. This means making a record only when there
is such a problem or something unusual happens and recording the corrective action taken as a
result – see ‘B8. to B9. Documentation’.

9.3. Good hygiene practices (GHP)

It is vital that food business operators have reliable hygiene procedures in place before starting to
apply HACCP principles. Management of food safety is achieved by a combination of good
hygiene practices (also called prerequisite procedures) and operational procedures based on
HACCP principles. HACCP-based procedures for controlling hazards throughout food production
will not be effective unless good hygiene practices are also being followed.

GHPs are set out in Regulation (EC) 852/2004 and are covered in chapters on ‘Water supply’,
‘Maintenance’, ‘Temperature controls’2, ‘Cleaning’, ‘Traceability3, ‘Pest control’, ‘Wrapping,
packaging and transport hygiene’, ‘Personal hygiene’, ‘Waste management’ and ‘Training’.

9.4. Generic HACCP guides

Meat production is similar enough across the industry to justify a generic approach for
implementing HACCP principles. This approach helps to provide uniformity in training,
implementation, and enforcement but cannot reflect the individual features of each plant and how
it operates. Thus, if generic guidance is followed operators need to adapt it to reflect their own
circumstances.

For further information and the ‘Food safety management diary for meat producers’ please see:
www.food.gov.uk/business-industry/meat/haccpmeatplants.

2
Temperature controls can also be CCPs (EC Guidance Annex II point 10).
3
Traceability can be considered to be a prerequisite (EC Guidance Annex II point 5).

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see ‘9.1.’ at principle 6

Defining the scope of the HACCP plan4

Document the scope; a written summary describing what each plan is to cover:
 Start and end points of the operation – describe the start and end points of the plan, for
example, from receiving of animals or raw materials to dispatch, and possibly transport, of the
end product.
 Type of hazards – describe the type of hazards to be addressed in the plan; the biological
and / or chemical and / or physical hazards – see ‘B1. Hazard analysis’.
 Product description – describe the product, its nature (for example, moisture content, pH),
composition (for example, raw materials, ingredients, additives) and required shelf life.
 Intended use of the product – describe the expected use(s) of the product by the customer
and the target consumer group, for example, raw meat intended to be cooked before
consumption.
 Consumers including ‘at risk’ groups – describe the suitability of the product for particular
groups of consumers, such as institutional caterers and air travellers, and for vulnerable
groups of the population that may have to be considered. People particularly at risk from food
poisoning or food-related health problems include the elderly, people with low immunity levels
or allergies, pregnant women and very young children.
 Packaging, storage and distribution – describe the packaging (for example, hermetic,
vacuum, modified atmosphere) and conditions of storage and distribution of the product (for
example, frozen, chilled below x°C or at ambient temperature).
 Processing and safety information – describe relevant food safety information, such as:
 processing, for example, any heating, freezing, drying, salting and smoking, and to what
extent
 required shelf life, for example, ‘use by’ and ‘best before’ dates
 instructions for use / customer information, for example, label instructions on handling to
avoid contamination of ready-to-eat-food, cooking time / temperatures, cooling times,
allergens
 any microbiological or chemical criteria applicable
Review and amend this information if changes occur to the composition of the product, the
operation, potential consumers, customer complaints, changes to legislation, or because of
new information about hazards.

The scope provides the ‘terms of reference’ for the HACCP team. The team should take time to
discuss, agree, and record the scope of the plan(s).

Common problems
 Technical information is not properly recorded or is incomplete or inaccurate.

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Also known as the terms of reference.

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 The scope may contain too much or too little detail to be useful – this may indicate that extra
training or advice is needed.
 Inadequate food safety information or advice is given on or with the product for customers and
consumers to handle and consume the food safely.

A1. Compliance regarding producing a flow diagram

 Put in place a permanent programme of procedures to minimise food safety hazards and
produce food safely.

A1. Good practice

A plant slaughtering a single species, then cutting it and producing a single end product may cover
all these operations in a single flow diagram and a single plan, or may choose to have three.
Where operations are more complex and the resulting flow diagram becomes unduly complicated,
separate plans are advisable.

The flow diagram is a step-by-step ‘life story’ of the production of a product as described by the
scope. A step is each individual operation in the production of food, for example: stunning; sticking
and bleeding (red meat slaughterhouses), immersion chilling (poultry plant), receiving and dispatch
of meat (cutting plants).

It is important to include:
 all inputs, for example, packaging, labels, water
 intended delays during or between steps
 procedures that are operated differently by different work shifts
 the return of product to the process for re-work even if only occasionally
 all outputs, for example, by-products

Physically follow (walk through) the route that the product takes during production to confirm that
each process step is properly shown on the flow diagram. Check whether procedures vary during
different shifts or other situations. Correct any mistakes on the diagram.

For completeness, official ante mortem and post-mortem inspections should be included on a
slaughterhouse flow diagram. However, as official controls these process steps need not be
considered further in the operator’s HACCP plan.

Complete a flow diagram (the description of the operation) by listing each step in the order that it is
undertaken. The list of steps must be correct for the next stage of the HACCP, so check that the
list is complete and in the right order. It is very easy to make assumptions and miss out process
steps. Keep an accurate and dated flow diagram on the HACCP file5.

5
If the operation changes and the flow diagram needs to be redrawn, the HACCP plan will need to be reviewed – see
‘C1.’.

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 the documents noted in each section below

 key decisions made, by whom and on which date

This information will demonstrate that all necessary steps have been followed and the thinking
behind decisions and the arrangements that are in place.

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 The HACCP team needs to deliberate and note down the hazards at each step of fresh meat
production.
 Assess the significance of each hazard based upon the set criteria.

B1. Good practice

The main hazards in fresh meat production are biological (mainly food poisoning bacteria,
chemical (for example, oil), physical hazards (for example, metal, plastic) and allergens should
also be considered in the analysis. See chapter 1 ‘Introduction’.

The HACCP team needs to deliberate and note down the issues at each step. This is to consider
the possibility of:
 the contamination or recontamination of raw materials, intermediate products, or final products
by biological, chemical or physical hazards
 the multiplication or survival of food poisoning bacteria
 the source or cause of the hazard
 the production or persistence in foods of:
 toxins
 other undesirable products of microbial metabolism
 chemicals
 physical agents
 allergens
 the significance of these hazards

Working through this hazard analysis will identify and focus attention on the important food safety
hazards that need to be controlled.

Hazard analysis – Company / industry experience, including audit reports /

TIP customer complaints, may also be taken into account. The microbiological
criteria set in Regulation (EC) 2073/2005 may inform the setting of
acceptable levels for the reduction of microbiological hazards.

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Significance of hazards
A significant hazard is one that would cause a serious adverse health effect and is reasonably
likely to occur. Significance may be assessed by considering:

 the likelihood that the hazard will actually occur – the risk
 the level of potential harm that the hazard would do to consumers if they were to be exposed
to it – the severity

Common problems
 Not all steps, or inputs, are considered (perhaps because the flow diagram is incomplete or
inaccurate).
 Generic guidance is followed without considering the individual nature of the company’s
suppliers, raw materials, ingredients, customers, hygiene procedures or production.
 Not all potential biological, chemical or physical hazards or conditions of food that are likely to
occur at each step are considered.
 Unrealistic hazards are selected for control (those very unlikely to occur or which have
negligible impact on consumers) or significant hazards are neglected.
 Conclusions and reasons are not recorded so the justification for decisions is unknown.

B1. Compliance regarding identifying control measures

 Consider which control measures (good hygiene practices and operational hygiene
procedures) will control each identified hazard.
 Make sure that the control measures are documented.

B1. Good practice

Control measures control specific hazards effectively. More than one control measure may be
needed to control an identified hazard; alternatively, one control measure may control more than
one hazard. For example, pasteurisation may provide sufficient assurance of reduction of the level
of both Salmonella and Listeria.

Most control measures are good hygiene practices and many are required by the hygiene
regulations – see ‘9.3.’.

Control measure example: evisceration of red meat carcases7

 Hazard – contamination of carcases by food poisoning bacteria (for example, Salmonella) due
to leakage or ruptured stomach / intestine contents.
 Control measures – effective sealing of the rectum and oesophagus (weasand) to minimise
gut spillage during evisceration. Follow work instructions for evisceration to minimise the
possibility of gut spillage.

7
The regulation requires that red meat carcases do not contain visible faecal contamination and that, if present, it is
trimmed without delay.

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 Reduce chiller temperature further; move product to another chiller.

 Hold the product while waiting for the results of a critical evaluation of batch involved,
which may include microbiological sampling.
 Investigate, identify and rectify the cause of the failure to prevent it happening again.

Repeated corrective actions

If corrective actions have to be taken repeatedly there is something wrong with the company’s food
safety management system. This requires urgent investigation of possible causes, for example,
unclear staff instructions, failing or difficult to use equipment, insufficient training.

Common problems
 Corrective actions focus on technical matters, for example, repairing the refrigeration units and
not on the disposition of the potentially unsafe food.
 Corrective action is not taken or is deliberately postponed – when control is lost and corrective
action is not taken, food safety is endangered and potentially unsafe product may reach the
customer / consumer – inactivity is unacceptable.
 Corrective action is delayed – this may be due to confusion between line staff, supervisors and
management as to who is responsible for which element of the necessary corrective action or
what that action should be. A review of instructions and / or training may be needed.
 Corrective action records are not kept or are incomplete or inaccurate – this may give
management a false impression that there are no problems. It is in the interests of all parties
that the operator should understand the pressures on food safety and how these may be
better managed.
 Corrective action is initiated but not completed.
 Corrective actions occur repeatedly, suggesting that food safety management procedures and
/ or the HACCP plan are seriously flawed.

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 Training or expert advice may be needed, as a result, the operator may think that food safety
hazards are being controlled when they are not.

B6. and B7. Compliance regarding validation

 Validate the HACCP plan.
 Record the validation checks carried out in a diary or other records.

B6. and B7. Good practice

Validation of the HACCP plan should take place before its implementation, and should be
repeated before each change to a HACCP plan is implemented.

Validation checks
To validate the accuracy and completeness of the plan, check the scope, technical data, flow
diagram, hazard analysis, and the effectiveness of control measures (hygiene practices such as
cleaning, training) in eliminating food safety hazards or controlling them to an acceptable level, and
that control point identification, critical / legal limits, monitoring and corrective action plans are
appropriate and effective.

It is recommended that, after the team has carried out its own validation checks, an independent
expert is involved to provide an objective view.

Scientific validation
Production may involve complex technical issues, such as the chilling of large quantities of meat or
heat treatment, where time / temperature or other parameters must be established and applied
accurately to achieve a safe result.

To confirm that the operation is safe it may be enough to apply relevant legal limits or refer to
industry guides to manufacturing or to scientific publications. Where the procedure or product is
unusual, it may be necessary to get specialist scientific advice.

B6. and B7. Compliance regarding verification

 Verify the HACCP plan.
 Record the verification checks carried out in a diary or other records.

B6. and B7. Good practice

Verification checks should be carried out often enough to maintain confidence in the HACCP-
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food safety hazards, throughput, monitoring frequency, end-use, the competence of staff, and the
number of times critical / legal limits have been breached. Microbiological test results or customer
complaints may also trigger verification checks.

Microbiological criteria can be used in the validation and verification of HACCP- based procedures,
including control measures based on good hygiene practices – see chapter 13 on ‘Microbiological
criteria’.

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 changes in processing conditions (factory layout and environment, equipment, cleaning and
disinfection programme)
 changes in packaging, storage or distribution conditions
 changes in consumer use
 new information on an existing hazard or information on a new hazard
 changes in relevant legislation

The HACCP team must be made aware of changes that would trigger a review so they can
consider the potential impact on food safety and the HACCP plan. All staff need to be made
aware of any changes that affect them, of revised staff instructions and, if necessary, be retrained
to operate revised procedures.

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 Reviews do not take place, are delayed or are limited in scope. The food safety procedures
that are in place may not be effective if there have been significant changes to the product and
production arrangements, and these have not been reflected in the HACCP-based
procedures.
 New procedures are not communicated to everyone who needs to know or who needs to be
re-trained.

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Annex 1. CCP decision tree example

The questions must be answered in sequence.

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