Best Practice Guidelines for the Production of Chilled Foods - Fourth Edition

Downloadable PDF Version

Author:

Chilled Food Association (CFA)

Publisher:

The Stationery Office

Food business operators are legally responsible for the safety of their food products. In line with EU food hygiene legislation, the 2006 CFA 'Best Practice Guidelines for the Production of Chilled Foods' provide the fundamental principles for the design of safe manufacturing operations.

Covering a wide range of chilled products of varying shelf lives, manufactured under different hygiene conditions, the CFA Guidelines provide the fundamental principles for the design of safe manufacturing operations.

The structure of the CFA Guidelines enables easy selection of the relevant information for the category of the products covered. Chilled foods can include both raw and heat-processed ingredients, which must be microbiologically safe on consumption, and pathogens that could result in illness need to be controlled.

Businesses must show that food is fit to eat: this requires following risk-based procedures using the principles of HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points). The CFA Guidelines provide comprehensive information on HACCP including implementation and monitoring, verification and documentation. To aid food safety, a decision tree with case study examples helps to identify the minimum class of area hygiene standards required by law.

The CFA Guidelines will also prove useful when working with local enforcement authorities to implement legal requirements at the production stage and may assist food business operators in complying with third party technical standards.

The CFA Guidelines present comprehensive information and guidance including:

• Main hazards

• Control measures

• HACCP systems

• Shelf life assessment

• Decision tree for minimum hygiene status

• Regulatory requirements

• Traceability

• Product recall.

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Extent	114 pages	ISBN	9780117039445
Size	1.26MB	Price	£90.00
Format	Downloadable PDF	Published	15 Jan 2009
Availability	Out of Print: but may be available to order