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Food Safety Management Systems

Chapter Number 10

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Learning ObjectivesAfter this presentation, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes

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Methods for achieving active managerial control

The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) public health interventions

The seven HACCP principles for preventing foodborne illness

How to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a crisis

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How to respond to a foodborne illness outbreak

How to respond to imminent health hazards including power outages, fire, flood, water interruption, and sewage

• Food safety management system: – Group of programs, procedures, and measures

designed to prevent foodborne illness by actively controlling risks and hazards throughout the flow of food

• Active managerial control:– Food safety management system designed to

prevent foodborne illness by addressing the five most common risk factors identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• HACCP:– Food safety management system based on the

idea that if significant biological, chemical, or physical hazards are identified at specific points within a product’s flow through the operation, they can be prevented, eliminated, or reduced to safe levels.

• HACCP plan:– Written document based on HACCP principles

describing procedures a particular operation will follow to ensure the safety of food served (see

HACCP)

• Critical control points (CCPs):– In a HACCP system, the points in the process

where you can intervene to prevent, eliminate, or reduce identified hazards to safe levels

• Variance:– Document issued by a regulatory agency that

allows a requirement to be waived or modified

• Imminent health hazard:– A significant threat or danger to health that

requires immediate correction or closure to prevent injury

KEY TERMS10.0

• A group of practices and procedures intended to prevent foodborne illness

• Accomplished by actively controlling risks and hazards throughout the flow of food.

• Here are some examples of the programs your operation needs:– Personal hygiene program– Food safety training program– Supplier selection and specification program– Quality control and assurance programs– Cleaning and sanitation program– Standard operating procedures (SOPs)– Facility design and equipment maintenance program– Pest-control program

FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

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• It is the manager’s responsibility to control actively for risk factors of foodborne illness.

• Good controls are proactive rather than reactive.• You must anticipate risks and plan for them.• Use simple tools, such as training programs, manager

supervision, and the incorporation of SOPs.• Active managerial control can also be achieved through

more complex solutions, such as a HACCP program.• Monitoring is critical to the success of active managerial

control.

ACTIVE MANAGEMENT CONTROL

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• Demonstration of knowledge – Show that you know what to do to keep food safe.

• Staff health controls – Procedures must be put in place to make sure staff are practicing personal

hygiene.• Controlling hands as a vehicle of contamination

– Controls must be put in place to prevent bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food.

• Time and temperature parameters for controlling pathogens– Procedures must be put in place to limit the time food spends in the

temperature danger zone.• Consumer advisories

– Notices must be provided to customers if you serve raw or undercooked menu items.

THE FDA’S PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS

The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) public health interventions

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• Each HACCP principle builds on the information gained from the previous principle:– Conduct a hazard analysis.– Determine critical control points (CCPs).– Establish critical limits.– Establish monitoring procedures.– Identify corrective actions.– Verify that the system works.– Establish procedures for record keeping and

documentation.

SEVEN HACCP PRINCIPLES

The seven HACCP principles for preventing foodborne illness

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The seven HACCP principles for preventing foodborne illness

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• First, identify and assess potential hazards in the food you serve. Start by looking at how food is processed in your operation.• Prepping and cooking for same-day service (grilled

chicken sandwiches, hamburgers, etc.)• Prepping, cooking, holding, cooling, reheating, and

serving (chili, soup, pasta sauce with meat, etc.)

SEVEN HACCP PRINCIPLES (cont.)1 Conduct a hazard analysis.

2 Determine critical control points.• Find the points in the process where the

identified hazard(s) can be prevented, eliminated, or reduced to safe levels.

• These are the critical control points (CCPs). Depending on the process, there may be more than one CCP.

The seven HACCP principles for preventing foodborne illness

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• For each CCP, establish minimum or maximum limits.

• These limits must be met to prevent or eliminate the hazard, or to reduce it to a safe level.

SEVEN HACCP PRINCIPLES (cont.)3 Establish critical limits.

4 Establish monitoring procedures.• Once critical limits have been created,

determine the best way for your operation to check them.

• Make sure the limits are consistently met.• Identify who will monitor them and how

often.

The seven HACCP principles for preventing foodborne illness

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• Identify steps that must be taken when a critical limit is not met.

• These steps should be determined in advance.

SEVEN HACCP PRINCIPLES (cont.)5 Identify corrective actions.

6 Verify that the system works.• Determine if the plan is working as intended.

Evaluate it on a regular basis.• Use your monitoring charts, records, hazard

analysis, etc., and determine if your plan prevents, reduces, or eliminates identified hazards.

The seven HACCP principles for preventing foodborne illness

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SEVEN HACCP PRINCIPLES (cont.)

7 Establish procedures for record keeping and documentation.

• Maintain your HACCP plan and keep all documentation created when developing it.• Keep records for the following actions:

• Monitoring activities• Taking corrective action• Validating equipment (checking for good

working condition)• Working with suppliers (i.e., shelf-life

studies, invoices, specifications, challenge studies, etc.)

• Creating a Crisis-Management Team– To begin, create a crisis-management team. The size of the

team will depend on the size of the operation. If your operation is large, the team may include representatives from the following departments:• Senior management (president/CEO, etc.)• Risk management (quality assurance, legal, etc.)• Public relations• Operations• Finance• Marketing• Human resources

CRISIS MANAGEMENT—BEING PREPARED FOR THE INEVITABLE

How to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a crisis

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• Emergency contact list– Create an emergency contact list with all necessary numbers and

post it by phones.• Crisis-communication plan

– List of media responses or a question-and-answer sheet suggesting what to say for each crisis

– Sample press releases that can be tailored quickly to each incident– List of media contacts to call for press conferences or news briefings

• Include a media-relations plan with “dos and don’ts” for dealing with the media.

– Plan for communicating with staff during the crisis. Possibilities include shift meetings, email, a telephone tree, etc.

CRISIS MANAGEMENT—BEING PREPARED FOR THE INEVITABLE

How to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a crisis

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• Develop the form with legal guidance and include all critical information.– The form may contain the following:– What and when the customer ate at the operation– When the customer first got sick, what the symptoms

were, and how long the customer experienced them– When and where the customer sought medical

attention, what the diagnosis was, and what treatment was received

– What other food was eaten by the customer

PREPARING FOR A FOODBORNE ILLNESS OUTBREAK

How to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a crisis

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• To recover from a foodborne illness outbreak, you will need to take several steps.

• They should be planned in advance and include the following:– Working with the regulatory authority to resolve issues– Cleaning and sanitizing all areas of the operation– Throwing out all suspect food– Investigating to find the cause of the outbreak– Reviewing food handling procedures to identify if standards are not

being met or procedures are not working; establish new procedures or revise existing ones based on the investigation results

– Developing a plan to reassure customers that the food you serve is safe

FOODBORNE ILLNESS OUTBREAK RESPONSES

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FOODBORNE ILLNESS OUTBREAK RESPONSES

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FOODBORNE ILLNESS OUTBREAK RESPONSES

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• A significant threat or danger to health that requires immediate correction or closure to prevent injury

• If there is a significant risk to the safety or the security of your food, service must be stopped and the local regulatory authority must be notified.

• Spoiled or contaminated food must be thrown out, along with food in packaging that is not intact.

IMMINENT HEALTH HAZARDS

How to respond to imminent health hazards including power outages, fire, flood, water interruption, and sewage

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• Power failures and refrigeration breakdowns can threaten your ability to control the temperature of TCS food. This can result in the growth of pathogens.

• Consider the following when planning for a power outage:– Arrange access to an electrical generator and a refrigerated

truck that you can use in the event of an emergency.– Prepare a menu with items that do not require cooking to

use in the event of an emergency.– Develop a policy that addresses when cooler doors should

be opened.

POWER OUTAGES

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• Broken water mains and breakdowns at water treatment facilities are a risk to the safety of food.

• Consider the following when planning for a water service interruption:– Prepare a menu with items that require little or no water to be used in the event

of an emergency.– Keep a supply of single-use items.– Keep a supply of bottled water. Also, have a supplier who can provide bottled

water in an emergency.– Have a supplier who can provide ice in an emergency.– Have emergency-contact information for your regulatory authority, plumber, and

water department.– Develop procedures that minimize water use during the emergency (e.g., use

single-use items for service).– Work with your regulatory authority to develop an emergency handwashing

procedure for use during water service interruptions.

WATER SERVICE INTERRUPTION

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• Consider the following when planning for a fire:– Have emergency-contact information for the fire and police departments,

the regulatory authority, and management or headquarters personnel.– Post the fire department phone number by each phone so it is easy to see.– If a fire occurs, you must stop operating if you cannot prep food safely.– Block off areas, equipment, utensils, and other items affected by the fire.

• Take the following into account when planning a recovery from a fire:– Throw out all food affected by the fire.– Throw out all damaged utensils, linens, or items that cannot be cleaned

and sanitized.– Clean and sanitize the operation.– If needed, hire a janitorial service that specializes in areas exposed to fires.– Check water lines. The use of fire hoses may have lowered water pressure

in the area. This could cause backflow and water contamination.

FIRE

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• Consider the following when planning for a flood:– Have a plan to monitor and maintain flood-control equipment: plumbing

storm drains, sump pumps, etc.– Have emergency-contact information for the regulatory authority, the

plumber, utility companies, etc.– Keep a supply of bottled water.

• Take the following into account when planning recovery from a flood:– Throw out all damaged utensils, linens, or items that cannot be cleaned and

sanitized.– Throw out any food or food packaging that made contact with the water.– Clean and sanitize the facility, utensils, equipment surfaces, floors, or other

affected areas.– If needed, hire a janitorial service that specializes in areas exposed to

floods.

FLOOD

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