Section 25-B2501. HACCP PLAN - MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

 

2501.1The HACCP Plan shall, at a minimum, comply with the requirements of section 704 and:

 

(a)List the food safety hazards that are reasonably likely to occur for:

 

(1)Natural toxins;

 

(2)Microbiological contamination;

 

(3)Chemical contamination;

 

(4)Pesticides;

 

(5)Drug residues;

 

(6)Unapproved use of direct or indirect food or color additives; and

 

(7)Physical hazards;

 

(b)List the critical control points for each of the identified food safety hazards, including as appropriate:

 

(1)Critical control points designed to control food safety hazards introduced outside the processing plant environment, including food safety hazards that occur before, during, and after harvest. At a minimum, the critical control points shall include those identified in chapter 27, as applicable; and

 

(2)Critical control points designed to control food safety hazards that could be introduced in the processing plant environment. At a minimum, the critical control points shall include those identified in chapter 27, as applicable;

 

(c)List the critical limits that must be met at each of the critical control points. At a minimum, the critical limits shall include those listed in chapter 27, as applicable. These limits shall be met as components of good manufacturing practice;

 

(d)List the procedures, and frequency thereof, that shall be used to monitor each of the critical control points to ensure compliance with the critical limits;

 

(e)Include any corrective action plans that have been developed to be followed in response to deviations from critical limits at critical control points;

 

(f)Provide for a record keeping system that documents the monitoring of the critical control points. The records shall contain the actual values and observations obtained during monitoring; and

 

(g)List the verification procedures, and frequency thereof, that the dealer shall use in accordance with section 2503.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 5245 (July 3, 2009).