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This table is a an example of a portion of a HACCP plan relating to the control of aquaculture drugs in pond-raised shrimp, using records of drug use. It is provided for illustrative purposes only.  Aquaculture drugs may be only one of several significant hazards in this product.

Updated: 9/23/04
 

(1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (6)  (7)  (8)  (9)  (10) 
Critical Control Point (CCP)  Significant Hazard  Critical Limits for each Preventive Measure  Monitoring  Corrective Action(s)  Records  Verification 
What  How  Frequency  Who 
Receiving  Aquaculture Drugs  Animal drugs used on fish only if the drugs have been: 
a) approved by FDA and used in accordance with proper withdrawal times and other labeled conditions; 
b) approved by FDA and used in an extra-label manner under a veterinarian's supervision in accordance with FDA regulations and guidelines; 
c) listed on the "low regulatory priority aquaculture drug" list; or 
d) permitted by FDA for use in food fish under the conditions of an INAD (as evidence by a lot-by-lot written certificate) 
On-farm drug usage procedures  Review drug records at receipt  Each lot received  Production supervisor  Reject lot 
 
AND 

Discontinue use of supplier until evidence is obtained that drug treatment practices have changed 

Grower's drug usage records 

Receiving record

Review  monitoring and corrective action records within one week of preparation
Certificate indicating proper INAD usage  Visual  Same  Same  Same  Certificate of INAD usage 

FDA. 2001. Aquaculture Drugs (A Chemical Hazard). Ch. 11, In Fish and Fishery Products Hazards & Controls Guidance: Third Edition. 127-144. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Seafood, Washington, DC.


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Updated: 07/18/07

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