19th August 2026 | Leave a Comment

PRP, OPRP, PC or CCP: How Do You Classify HACCP Controls?

Product safety professionals are surrounded by terminology for controls: PRP, OPRP, PC, and CCP. Understanding what the abbreviations stand for is often the easy part. The harder question is: Which type of control should actually be applied to a particular hazard? That is where HACCP control classification can become difficult and inconsistent. What are PRPs, OPRPs, PCs [...]
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How Do You Assess Severity and Likelihood in HACCP?

The problem with severity × likelihood is that the calculation looks much simpler than the assessment behind it. Ask somebody how they carry out a HACCP hazard analysis and the answer will often involve some variation of severity × likelihood = risk. It sounds straightforward, but assessing severity and likelihood in HACCP involves far more [...]
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What Information Do You Need Before Starting a HACCP Hazard Analysis?

When developing a HACCP plan, it can be tempting to start with the hazard analysis itself. You open the hazard analysis table, work through the process flow, identify the hazards, assess the risk.... But effective hazard analysis starts much earlier. Before a business can properly identify and assess its hazards, it needs to establish the facts [...]
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Is Your HACCP Team Really Multidisciplinary?

An effective HACCP team needs more than Technical expertise. Find out why multidisciplinary input matters, what different departments contribute and why competence is just as important as representation.