FDU Guidance Document-Food Processing Plans and Recall Plans
New Regulations in Part VI, title 51, L.A.C.
For General Manufacturing Firms Processing Plans:
- Plans must be written, implemented, and maintained up-to-date with any changes made to the firm's operational procedures.
- Plans must be available for review by your inspector upon request.
- Plans must include the following elements:
- list of steps in process, including potential biological, physical, chemical, or radiological hazards that may be introduced at each step;
- description of controls used to address the hazards listed above;
- description of methods used to monitor the controls noted above;
- records of corrective actions taken as a result of monitoring above;
- and records of changes to plan as a result of corrective actions documented above.
NOTE: If a HACCP plan is currently in use, a separate food processing plan is not required.
Recall Plans:
- Plans must be written and available for review by your inspector upon request.
- Plans must have a provision to notify your inspector and/or the Central Office staff of the Food and Drug Unit in the event of a product recall. If goods are shipped interstate, additional provisions must be made to notify the local or regional federal Food and Drug Administration office.
- Plans must include the following elements:
- identity of products including brand name and lot/batch code;
- reason for recall;
- date and means of discovery of the reason;
- total affected product produced and amount estimated to be in distribution;
- list of consignees that may have received affected product;
- contact information for the firm's recall coordinator;
- and, proposed strategy for conducting the recall, including media notifications, method of evaluating whether the recall needs to occur at the level of wholesale distribution, retail distribution, or the consumer; method of checking the effectiveness of the recall, including follow-up store visits or telephone/email contacts; method of determining whether changes to the plan are warranted by the results of the effectiveness checks.
For Ice-Vending Unit Operators
Processing Plans:
- Plans must be written and posted in a waterproof container (along with the cleaning and maintenance information) in the unit.
- Processing plans should consist of an outline of the operating protocol of the unit, including the following items:
- a process flow showing steps water goes through from the source input to finished bag or discharge;
- any identifiable hazards water may encounter along the above path;
- any controls or preventative measures in place in the unit to control the above hazards (e.g., cut-off switches, UV, filtration, et cetera);
- records of monitoring (including, for example, testing of product water for biological contaminants) efficacy of controls listed above;
- records of corrective actions (including replacement of parts relating to controls) resulting from monitoring of items listed above;
Recall Plans:
- Plans must be written and available for review by your inspector upon request.
- Plans must have a provision to notify your inspector and/or the Central Office staff of the Food and Drug Unit in the event of a product recall. If goods are shipped interstate, additional provisions must be made to notify the local or regional federal Food and Drug Administration office.
- Plans must include the following elements:
- identity of products including brand name and lot/batch code;
- reason for recall;
- date and means of discovery of the reason;
- total affected product produced and amount estimated to be in distribution;
- list of consignees that may have received affected product;
- contact information for the firm's recall coordinator;
- and, proposed strategy for conducting the recall, including media notifications, method of evaluating whether the recall needs to occur at the level of wholesale distribution, retail distribution, or the consumer; method of checking the effectiveness of the recall, including follow-up store visits or telephone/email contacts; method of determining whether changes to the plan are warranted by the results of the effectiveness checks.
