Conducting a hazard analysis is like a physician diagnosing a patient. Every patient has a different medical history (i.e. foundation). A physician considers the patient’s medical history, but the physician’s focus is on the condition causing the patient’s illness. Every establishment process rests upon different prerequisite programs…
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Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Definitions
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point 9 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 417.1 definitions are 9 CFR Part 417 language. In other words, they have regulatory meaning only within the context of 9 CFR 417. Apply these definitions improperly and you create a false HACCP requirement and noncompliance…
Upcoming Members-Only Webinar: Understanding the USDA Poultry Exemptions
Producers of poultry and other livestock intended for direct-to-consumer sales should particularly attend this Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) live webinar. Consumers and others who want to understand the regulation of on-farm poultry processing will also profit from this exciting member benefit…
There’s the Rub: Intro to Regulations for Small Meat Processors
For our purposes, a rub is the difference between what regulations require and what FSIS wants but cannot require. FSIS Consumer Safety Inspectors (CSI) are taught FSIS policy; what FSIS wants. Establishments mistakenly think that what the CSI tells them is what regulations require. There’s the rub…
Employee Hygiene
The current global Coronavirus outbreak adds relevance to this month’s topic: employee hygiene. Personal hygiene is as important in the preparation of meat and poultry products intended for use as human food as it is in the prevention of infectious disease. Meat and poultry products are…