Dispatch Procedure for Food Warehouses
In the previous articles, we have looked at the different aspects of a warehouse HACCP Program such as the Receiving procedure and the Storage procedure as CCPs. This article covers dispatch as a CCP to complete the three CCPs that were in our Process Flow diagram . Dispatch procedure covers activities from storage units to the cooling dock and the delivery truck. Activities under the dispatch procedure include the following: Temperature monitoring Product quality checks Delivery truck inspection Staging of products Temperature monitoring For warehouses that handle temperature-sensitive products, temperature monitoring plays a vital role by enabling early detection of temperature deviations and prompt actions to correct the non-conformance. Before dispatching a product from the warehouse, check the temperature of the storage room, product, and cooling dock before dispatch. The storage room temperature should be -18 degrees Celsius (-12°C Max) ...