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This table is a an example of a portion of a HACCP plan relating to the control of sulfiting agents for a processor of  wild-caught frozen shrimp, using labeling controls with raw material screening. It is provided for illustrative purposes only.  Food and color additives may be only one of several significant hazards for this product.

Updated: 7/24/98
 

(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 
Finished product labeling  Sulfiting agents  Finished product labels for product processed from sulfite-containing raw material shrimp must contain a sulfiting agent declaration  Finished product labels for presence of sulfiting agent declaration  Visual  One label from each case of labels delivered to packaging  Packaging machine operator  Segregate and relabel any improperly labeled product  Label check record  Review  monitoring and corrective action records within one week of preparation
Three shrimp collected randomly from each lot of raw material shrimp for sulfiting agent residual analysis  Malachite green test  Three shrimp from each lot of raw material shrimp  Quality control employee  Segregate and return any label stock that does not contain the proper declaration 

FDA. 1998. Food & Color Additives (A Chemical Hazard). Ch. 19, In Fish and Fishery Products Hazards & Controls Guide: Second Edition. 213-222. 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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