Food Safety in Manufacturing

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The meat industry has, over the years, been operating hand in hand with certain safety procedures, which aim at making the food available in markets safe for human consumption. Adhering to safety measures is a practice all companies must oblige to, thereby ensuring the meat produce complies with the laws and regulations of safety and hygiene set by the government.

Enduring and living up to protection measures issued for public health and safety, demonstrates the company’s vigor to live up to standards and expectations, thereby, complying with the BRC Global Food Standard for Food Safety Customer and Customer Code of Practices. In the event that a hazard broke out in the meat industry, the HACCP guide to assessing, removing and altering the damage would have to be put into action. The actions in the event of a failure would necessitate assembling a team of well-versed and disciplined staff members, with a leader, various specialists involved in the various fields of science, and workers well-equipped in the transport and storage (Harbor, 2016). The step by step preventive measures taken by this team will be documented and reassessed in case there are new complications in the product system (Harrison, 2013). Before any further steps, it is vital that the product at stake and the hazard it suffers be understood thoroughly. All consumer stipulations should be detailed, the raw materials involved in the making of the meat, the water content of the meat (aw), which may allow sufficient potential for microbial growth, the toxicity and dangers involved in any area of the industry which may be under duress and harm the team about to undertake resolving the hazard. Understanding the nature of the commodity at stake, the nature in which it was to be used, or the age group, for which the product was going to be used for, is noted. Identifying the extent to which the hazard has overtaken the system is vital to limit the extent of damage, and entails the compilation of a flow diagram. The product flow diagram will allow specialists to act accordingly and efficiently. It is essential a backdrop of how the product production came into being all the way till its shipment and placement and value in markets be compared to the existent flow diagram (Ledward, 2014)…