Above: Alaska salmon fishermen at work. Even for many domestic species of seafood, the supply chain is long and quality assurance requires attention at every step of the way. The U.S. Bioterrorism Act of 2005...
In our article, “Keeping Food Safety Hazards in Check,” we discussed how to develop an effective food safety plan for your establishment. One of the questions we asked was “Where can a breakdown in the system cause...
In the article Building an HACCP Program, we took you step-by-step through the development, implementation and verification of a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) system—a personalized food safety plan—in...
In our January article entitled “Understanding Your Operation: How to Begin Developing a Food Safety Program,” we discussed the first steps in developing a food safety plan. They include evaluating your establishment...
This year we have taken you step-by-step through the development of a personalized food safety plan for your establishment. In January’s article, “How to Begin Developing a Food Safety Program,” you evaluated your...
These might have included receiving, storage, preparation and/or serving of food items. Called critical control points (CCPs), they are the steps that must be performed correctly every time to help ensure that food...