17. Process control

These controls reduce cross contamination and prevent the wrong packaging from being used.

Packing controls ensure that the product goes in the correct printed packaging and that the printing is accurate.

A highly regulated process control, to ensure that the weight, volume and count of the product is accurate.

Process controls for material handling, such as debagging, deboxing, rework and recipe control.

Once the allergen risk assessment has been completed the controls from the assessment must be implemented and effectively managed.

The equipment that’s used to process the product can have a huge impact on the safety, authenticity, quality and legality of the finished product.

Traceability is a critical aspect of process control and therefore fundamental in all certification standards.

Planning and scheduling is a key aspect of process control, which tends to get overlooked. Here’s why it’s important for cross-contamination and packing.

Once the risk assessment is complete, process controls unique to the process and product must be identified, which are compliant with customer requirements.

A process control risk assessment must be used to identify what process controls your business needs – think of it like a quality version of your HACCP…