Produco: Food Safety & Regulatory Compliance Specialists’ Post

Food Control Plans and National Programme holders: Do you understand what your scope of operations allows you to do? 🟩 National Programmes (NP) A set of food safety rules for medium and low-risk businesses. There are 3 levels of NP. The type of business that operate each level is determined by the food safety risk and the processes used. 🟩 Food Control Plans (FCP) Are used by higher risk businesses. An FCP tells a business operator what needs to be done, and when to manage the associated food safety risks, but only for the processes listed in the scope of operations. Templates are available for most businesses to use, which document the controls needed for the processes used. If you use a template Food Control Plan, MPI has developed the HACCP plan for you. More complex business, with higher risk processes, need to develop a Custom FCP. A HACCP plan must be written for each of the processes used in your business. ⚠️ Before making changes in your business, you need to make sure that your current FCP or NP covers the new activity. For example, a café has registered a template Food Control Plan for selling ready-to-eat food directly to customers. They reheat meals from the cold cabinet and serve to dine-in customers. They have been asked to sell meals in takeaway containers for customers to re-heat at home. These may be classified as ready-meals, but are not ready-to-eat, as they must be stored at the correct temperature and re-heated properly to manage the food safety risks. Depending on how these are sold, the ready-meals may also require a full label that complies with the Australia New Zealand Food Standards code. The Food Control Plan in this case will need to be amended to include this new, higher risk process. If you want to introduce something new to your food business, or make sure you are operating within your scope, we can help. The MPI My Food Rules tool is a great starting point, giving you the rules and conditions for growing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, importing, exporting, or selling food and beverage products for consumption by humans or animals...

A tool to find out the food safety rules that apply to your business | NZ Government

A tool to find out the food safety rules that apply to your business | NZ Government

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