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| What is HACCP? |
| The Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) certification enables to demonstrate commitment to food HACCP safety and customer satisfaction, as well as continuously meeting the expectations of a changing world |
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| HACCP is an international principle defining the requirements for effective control of food safety. HACCP compliance/ HACCP certification helps organisations focus on the hazards affecting food safety and hygiene and also identifies them by setting up control limits at critical points during the food production process. |
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| For whom is HACCP relevant? |
| HACCP is a truly international standard suitable for any business in the entire food chain, including inter-related organizations such as producers of food grains, food processors, food warehouses, food processing equipment’s, food packaging materials, food cleaning agents, food additives and food ingredients. |
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| Requirements |
| HACCP sets the standards of Food and Safety procedures across the organizationto make the organization more effective and efficient as to meet the increasing needs of their discriminating customers. |
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| Documents needed by an organisation |
- Legal document
- Certificate of incorporation
- Agreement of partner (Incase of partnership firm)
- Formation documents (Incase of self – owned proprietor organisation)
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- Application for HACCP certification
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| Duration for the process |
| 10-15days from submission of application and documents |
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| Benefits of HACCP Certification |
| Certifying food management system against the requirements of HACCP will bring the following benefits to organizations: |
- Applicable to all organizations in the global food supply chain
- A truly global international standard
- Provides potential for harmonization of national standards
- Covers the majority of the requirements of the current retailer food safety standards
- Complies with the Codex HACCP principles
- Provides communication of HACCP concepts internationally
- An auditable standard with clear requirements which provides a framework for third-party certification
- Suitable for regulators
- The structure aligns with the management system clauses of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001
- Enables communication about hazards with partners in the supply chain
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| Additionally, HACCP certification has below benefits: |
- System approach, rather than product approach
- Resource optimization - internally and along the food chain
- All control measures are subjected to hazard analysis
- Better planning - less post process verification
- Improved documentation
- Systematic management of prerequisite programmes
- Increased due diligence
- Dynamic communication on food safety issues with suppliers, customers, regulators and other interested parties
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| A systematic and proactive approach to identification of food safety hazards and development and implementation of control measures. |
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