HACCP Certification
Enhance your food safety management reputation with HACCP certification from Food Safety Plus.
HACCP Certification
Enhance your food safety management reputation with HACCP certification from Food Safety Plus
HACCP Certification
Enhance your food safety management reputation with HACCP certification from Food Safety Plus.
HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) certification instantly demonstrates to customers your commitment to producing or trading in safe food. Demonstrating a real commitment to food safety through HACCP compliance can also transform your brand and act as an effective entry-to-market tool, opening up new business opportunities.
Food Safety Plus HACCP Certification is ideal for all food businesses that require recognition of their HACCP based food safety management system. HACCP Certification provides national recognition that you have implemented a system of food safety hazard controls based on the principles outlined in Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) System and Guidelines for its Application, issued by the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
Food Safety Plus HACCP certification is based on a practical and helpful approach that supports your business. It provides you and your customers with increased confidence in the performance of your food safety practices.
We provide HACCP certification and food safety auditing services in a positive, engaging approach and seek to build long term professional relationships with our clients.
The Food Safety Plus Certification Standard
- HACCP certification is an international benchmark defining the requirements for effective control of food safety. It is built around seven principles:
- Conduct Hazard Analysis of biological, chemical or physical food hazards
- Determine critical control points
- Establish critical control limits, for example, minimum cooking temperature and time
- Establish a system to monitor control of Critical Control Points
- Establish corrective actions
- Establish procedures for verification to confirm that the HACCP system is working effectively
- Establish documentation and record keeping
The Food Safety Plus HACCP standard is periodically updated to accommodate changes in legislation and industry / consumer expectations. HACCP certification is offered Australia wide including NSW, QLD, SA, VIC and WA. Download the HACCP certification and application document here.
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The HACCP Food Safety Certification Process
Step 1. Initial Contact and Obligation Free Quotation
Step 2. The onsite Food Safety Audit
- The onsite audit is carried out to determine whether your food safety program complies with the Food Act and the “Codex Alimentarius Guidelines for the Application of the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point System”. The length of time that it takes to carry out the audit will depend on the size of your organisation. We will work with you to minimise inconvenience at your business.
- The audit commences with an ‘entry interview’. At the entry interview, you have the opportunity to provide the auditor with an overview of your business.
- We will review your written food safety / HACCP program. This step gives you the opportunity to demonstrate that all required documentation has been prepared, is controlled where necessary, and is monitored and updated as required. You can either send your documentation to our office for review or it can be done on site during the first annual audit. Following this review, we will provide a report highlighting any deficiencies as well as any opportunities for improvement (if noted).
- During the audit, the auditor will review
- the facilities, resources and equipment where you prepare food
- your records
- your food hygiene and handling practices
- how you manage allergens in the premises
- We conclude the audit with an exit interview where the auditor will present the findings and outcomes to your team. You will receive an Audit Report that details areas of non-conformity and compliance.
- If approved Food Safety Plus will inform you in writing that you have been successful and issue your HACCP Certificate. Your organisation will then be granted the use of the Food Safety Plus HACCP Certification Mark on stationery and marketing material.
Step 3. Ongoing Audits
Every 6-12 months an audit is carried out in the same manner as Step 2 above. This is necessary to demonstrate that your food safety program continues to comply with the HACCP Certification Standard.
We conduct HACCP Certification across multiple industries including:
- Cereal processing
- Frozen food production
- Primary production
- Snack food manufacturing
- Transport and logistics
- Wholesale distribution
- Food Manufacturing
Frequently Asked Questions
HACCP stands for Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System as described by the Codex Alimentarius Commission in Alinorm 2003/13a. HACCP is an internationally recognised system for reducing the risk of biological, chemical and physical hazards in food. A HACCP system requires that potential hazards are identified and controlled at specific points in the process.
HACCP comprises 7 principles and 5 preliminary steps. The 7 principles are:
- Conduct a hazard analysis (3 part process)
- Determine critical control points (CCPs)
- Establish critical limits for each CCP
- Establish a monitoring system for each CCP
- Establish corrective actions for when critical limits have been exceeded.
- Establish verification procedures, eg internal audit
- Establish written procedures and record keeping processes
The HACCP Team Leader is a person appointed by a food business to oversea the development and implementation of the HACCP system.
This person’s role includes:
- Ensure the composition of the HACCP team is appropriate,
- Manage and ensure relevant training of a food safety team,
- Manage the implementation and improvement of the system,
- Coordinate the teams work,
- Share the work and responsibilities,
- Report to management how the system is performing
The Team Leader is likely to become the “HACCP expert” within your food business. It is important that they have good communication and leadership skills, be respected within the business and have undertaken suitable training.