01-Sep-2005
Quick product recall and identification of sourced products is vital to help limit damage to your reputation and ensure safe product recall. The ability to trace and follow a food, feed, food producing animal or substance through all stages of production and distribution has become EU Law. The Food Safety regulation 178/2002 requires all businesses operating in European Union Food supply chains to implement traceability on one up/one down principle by 1 January 2005.
Traceability
The company shall have a system with the ability to trace materials from raw material to source to the finished product.
Management of incidents and product recall
The company shall have efficient management of incident and product recall procedures in order to ensure that all potential risks to the quality, safety and legality are controlled.
The company shall have a system with the ability to trace materials from raw material to source to the finished product.
Management of incidents and product recall
The company shall have efficient management of incident and product recall procedures in order to ensure that all potential risks to the quality, safety and legality are controlled.
Priorities
- Protect the customer
- Ensure fast product withdrawal/recall process
- Managing economic aspects relating to the company through precise identification and location of all non-conforming products
- Identify and locate products within the supply chain
- Identify and source products received in an accurate and fast manner
- Protect the customer
- Ensure fast product withdrawal/recall process
- Managing economic aspects relating to the company through precise identification and location of all non-conforming products
- Identify and locate products within the supply chain
- Identify and source products received in an accurate and fast manner
What you must do
- Keep records of components used from all suppliers
- Keep records of which companies you have supplied
- Link records to test results
- In case of an emergency, the government must be informed
- Label all products appropriately to ensure traceability
- Work within a preventative, integrated quality management system
- Keep records of components used from all suppliers
- Keep records of which companies you have supplied
- Link records to test results
- In case of an emergency, the government must be informed
- Label all products appropriately to ensure traceability
- Work within a preventative, integrated quality management system
Automation
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