HACCP PROGRAM FOR WAREHOUSES.

Pest control is very vital in warehouses that handle food products and related products as any form of infestation not only jeopardizes food safety but also portrays a bad image to the clients and turns away potential ones.  As a result of these negative effects of pest infestation, it's, therefore, the responsibility of the warehouse management to put in place pest control measures. Before diving into the  dos and don’ts  of the pest control program, let us get to know a bit about the common warehouse pests. By definition, a Pest is any animal or plant harmful to humans and interferes with their activities and desires. In the context of warehouses, pests are animals, not plants, and the human desire is a safe food or food-related product that is not contaminated by any means and cannot lead to adverse health complications such as illness. Warehouse pests are broadly categorized into the following; Insects Rodents Birds To control pests, one should know something a...

  Keywords  Root cause analysis In the aspect of food quality, root cause analysis is an organized process of identifying the root causes ( underlying factors that caused a deviation) of a quality problem and detailing ways of handling it. It aims at finding ways of preventing a reoccurrence of the identified problem. Deviant products Products that do not fulfill a specific or a set of requirements by a client or a regulatory body. The requirements can be a stated need or expectation.  Specification Any requirement that a product, process, service, or other activity must fulfill. Nonconformity A nonfulfillment of a defined, or a specified product requirement.   Introduction A nonconforming product is simply a product that deviates from a set standard, specification, or expectation. In terms of quality standards, these products are potential risks to food safety and can lead to adverse health effects to the consumer.  Nonconforming produ...

A product recall is an action (s) taken to remove a food product from the market at any stage of the food chain, including that possessed by the final consumers. An efficient product recall process/program involves numerous components that work in close connections to each other, these include; Product Recall Team A complaint (trigger) Traceability  Mock recall Product recovery and product reconciliation Final disposition Root cause analysis and Corrective action Product Recall Team For an efficient product recovery, assemble a warehouse team responsible for product recall, outlining the unique responsibilities for each individual ( HACCP Team can double as a product recall team) such as one responsible for communication to the clients, media, and statutory or regulatory authority and the personnel responsible for product reconciliation and disposition of the recovered product.   Complaint  A complaint is the most common trigger of a warehouse product reca...