HACCP FOOD SAFETY ACADEMY NIGERIA’s Post

FOOD DEFENSE AUDITS ✅️ Food Companies throughout the food chain should conduct "RISK ASSESSMENT"of their facilities to buckle up on their food protection tactics. ✔️ Although facilities follow food safety & quality measures, including Good Manufacturing Practices, to minimize hazards, safety can also be compromised by intentional & malicious tampering ✍️ While most food establishments and distributors don't think of themselves as targets of terrorism, many organizations should implement food defense controls in their operations to combact food tampering ✍️ Food Defense plans are increasingly required for food safety Certification & Vendor qualification ✅️ Food Defense or Food Security is the prevention of purposeful contamination by malicious & intentional tampering of food by people outside the system ✍️ Cases of food tampering may be rare, but the consequences-on public health, the economy, & the consumer confidence-are high ✍️ A solid security plan can help companies achieve compliance in food safety audits as well S preserve their property from vandalism, control access to the building & grounds, keep track of visitors, and secure valuable & hazardous items ✔️ Food Companies at all levels of the food chain can assess their level of food safety through a 3rd party food defense audit ✍️ A skilled auditor performs a comprehensive review of a facility's food defence systems including its efficiency in managing several critical areas, such as documentation, traceability, crisis management, staff training, & building security ✔️ 3rd party audits like those of HACCP Academy Nigeria evaluate the adequacy of documentation, compliance to documented procedures, the effectiveness of the procedures to control the process, & the ability to implement corrective & preventive action plans ✅️ Food Defense audits require a risk assessment that includes evaluation of the company's food defense plan. The risk assessment ensures that a company's food defense measures are applied appropriately ✍️ It includes reviewing the food defense plan & evaluating conditions such as appropriate training & employee responsibilities in controlling access points, reporting suspicious activities, & fulfilling specific job activities related to control measures ✅️ Food Defense is one of the 5 areas of non-compliances my team encounters during food safety audits. The most frequently found deficiency in these audits are unsecured doors. ✍️ Other frequently encountered non-conformances include businesses not following their own protocol for verifying visitor ID & sign-in, secured perimeters, failure to review the food defense plan, failure to properly train the food defense team ✍️ Food processors, packagers, & distributors should pursue food defense audits as a way forward info@haccpacademy.com.ng #foodsafety #fooddefense #foodsafetyauditor #correctiveaction #actionplan #manufacturing #processors #foodsafetyaudits #hospitality #ceo #md #retail