Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The following general guidelines address food safety measures that should be taken by shippers from the point of food production through delivery. The guidelines do not cover breeding, feedlot, or any other pre-slaughter live-animal operations or pre-shipment operations at egg-laying farms.
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PLAN
Source: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PLAN
- Identify vulnerable points and develop a comprehensive transportation sanitation and safety plan.
- Processors and distributors shipping products should assess and implement measures that will ensure the sanitation and safety of products from initial shipment through delivery to other destinations. A flow diagram from the point-of-origin to final destination, including all shipping modes/routes, can be a helpful assessment tool. (See Attachment for sample flow diagram.)
- Identify all points of vulnerability where there is potential for adulteration or contamination to occur:
- Identify potential hazards.
- If control points are identified, then determine the method, frequency, and limit that must be met.
- Identify if control is possible at the point(s) of hazard and what is the most effective point to exert control.
- This will determine where and how often monitoring and verification of the limits set should occur and what, if any, corrective and preventive actions should be taken.
- Define what controls should be put in place to prevent product adulteration or contamination during the transportation and storage process.
- As an additional check on product condition during and after transportation and storage, processors may want to include special arrangements with receivers to sample and conduct microbiological or other tests on products. The results could be compared with pre-shipment results to determine whether adjustments are needed in transport methods or procedures.
- Verify that contracted transporters (e.g. air, ground, maritime, rail) and storage/warehouse facilities have a food safety program in effect. Consider including specific security measures in contracts and verify that measures are being met.
- Include procedures for the immediate recall of adulterated products from trade and consumer channels (this applies to processors, transporters, and wholesale and retail distributors).
- Have a system in place to track your products, including salvage, reworked, and returned products.
Source: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/
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