HACCP Awareness
Using the HACCP system became a legal requirement in food safety management from January 1st, 2006.
Description
Our course is suitable anyone that makes, handles, serves or sells food.
In our course you will learn that Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point involves a preventive approach to food safety. It looks at the different hazards that could affect food production processes and how these can be controlled and managed to prevent illness and injury to customers. You will learn that HACCP essentially identifies the things that could go wrong in food processes and how putting a plan in place can prevent them.
HACCP is a vital part of a food safety management system (FSMS) and that all food businesses must have a management system in place by law. A management system includes policies, procedures, plans and work instructions. These must be specific to the business and based on the principles of HACCP.
You will acknowledge that the HACCP concept was created in the 1960s, as a result of the USA space programme. It has been developed and revised over the decades and became a legal requirement under European Union Law in the 1990s. You will learn that local authorities have Environmental Health Officers and Trading Standards Officers who enforce the food safety laws.
EHOs can take different enforcement action against food businesses who are not complying with food safety laws for example, enforcement notices and penalties. You will consider that food safety hazards can be controlled by good hygiene practices and learn the importance of having a food safety management system based on the principles of HACCP.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Importance of a documented food safety management system
- Types of Hazards in a food business
- HACCP History
- Implementing a HACCP based food safety management system.