HAACP INSPECTION MODELS PROJECT OVERVIEW HIMP Components Inplant

HAACP INSPECTION MODELS PROJECT OVERVIEW

HIMP Components • In-plant • In-distribution

Why Are We Changing? • Put more effort into food safety in-plant – zero tolerance – HACCP verification – collecting micro samples • Put more emphasis on In-Distribution – in storage – in transport – retail

SOME THINGS WON’T CHANGE • SSOPs • Salmonella testing • Giblet AQL

HOW HIMP HAPPENS • • • Plants Volunteer Baseline Phase Selection Process Training Sessions HACCP-PCP Developed Transition Phase

NEW MODELS DESIGNED FOR IN-PLANT INSPECTION -VOLUNTARY PROGRAM • • Young chickens - volunteer plants Young turkeys - volunteer plants Market hogs - volunteer plants Fat Cattle

BASELINE PHASE • Research Triangle Institute (RTI) – collected organoleptic data - dispositions for 5 weeks – micro data for 6 weeks • Salmonella and generic E. coli • post chill

SELECTION PROCESS Staffing Configuration - First Shift • 1 SVMO/IIC -- GS-13 • 1 CSI Team Coordinator -- GS-9 • 3 CSI/Line -- GS-8

TRAINING SESSIONS • • 3 -Day CSI 5 -Day Supervisor/Manager 3 -Day Industry In-Distribution Under Development

PLANT DEVELOPS PLANS • HACCP Plan • Process Control Plan (PCP) ¤ Assessed by D. C. - NOT Approved ¤ Available for Inspection

TRANSITION PHASE • Plant experiments with plan about 6 weeks • FSIS will assure no adulterated product enters commerce • Accept/reject process at end of transition

FULL MODELS PHASE • After plant transition RTI collected data • Performance standards set • HIMP plants significant reduction in FS and OCP defects – results from 7 plants – 2/1/00 - 7/31/00

What the Plant Does • Carcass by Carcass sorting and disposition • Hazard Analysis - HACCP Plan – CCPs • Process Control Plan – CPs • Meet Performance Standards

HIMP In-Plant Inspection Carcass inspection Verification inspection Systems inspection

Regulatory Responsibilities • Plant responsible for corrective action • Authority of IPP unchanged - Act – Official control action for adulterated product – Give the system a chance to work

DUTIES 4 Categories of Responsibility – HACCP Plan – Process Control Plan – SSOP – Microbiological Sampling

3 Types of Inspection Procedures • Carcass Inspection (CI) – performed continuously • Verification Inspection (VI) – sampling and record review – performed intermittently • Systems Inspection (SI) – performed by IIC – continuously evaluates plant controls

Carcass Inspector • Required for line to operate • Positioned after head, viscera, and carcass sorting • Does not review records

Carcass Inspection • “Hands Off” Inspection • Observe carcasses for – Food Safety conditions – OCP conditions

Verification Inspection • Antemortem Inspection • Postmortem Verification for FS • Postmortem Verification for OCP

Verification Inspection • • • Selects samples (carcass, parts, micro) Reviews plant HACCP and PCP records Verifies adequacy of corrective actions Writes NRs Documents when PS are not met

Systems Inspection • Performed by the IIC • Monitors effectiveness of CI and VI • Assesses overall design and function of plant HACCP and PCP • Assures that adulterated product is condemned

HIIMP In-Distribution Inspector • Conduct reviews – warehouses – other I-D locations • Interview consumers with complaints • Locations in AL, MN, PA, VA

THE END, Y’ALL.