This directive provides inspection program personnel (IPP) instructions for performing the Hazard Analysis Verification (HAV) task. This directive also identifies circumstances that will require IPP to conduct a directed HAV task for a specific product or processing category and provides instructions for IPP to perform such directed HAV tasks. This directive is being revised to provide updated instructions on assessing compliance with Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) systems validation regulatory requirements and to provide additional instructions to IPP when trends are identified during an analysis of HAV task data.
KEY POINTS:
• Provides instructions to IPP on the performance of the HAV task
• Provides instructions to IPP on verifying the use and implementation of prerequisite programs
• Provides updated guidance for verifying compliance with validation regulatory requirements
Incorporates the instructions in FSIS PHIS Directive 5000.1, Verifying an Establishments Food Safety System, Chapters III and IV into this directive
• Provides instructions to FSS regarding verification of the use and implementation of prerequisite programs
• Makes clear that conducting a HAV task is not the same as conducting a Food Safety Assessment (FSA)
KEY POINTS:
• Provides instructions to IPP on the performance of the HAV task
• Provides instructions to IPP on verifying the use and implementation of prerequisite programs
• Provides updated guidance for verifying compliance with validation regulatory requirements
Incorporates the instructions in FSIS PHIS Directive 5000.1, Verifying an Establishments Food Safety System, Chapters III and IV into this directive
• Provides instructions to FSS regarding verification of the use and implementation of prerequisite programs
• Makes clear that conducting a HAV task is not the same as conducting a Food Safety Assessment (FSA)
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