Section 134. HACCP plan

A. Each person operating a milk plant, receiving station or transfer station and participating in the voluntary HACCP program shall develop and implement a written HACCP plan whenever a hazard analysis reveals one or more hazards that are reasonably likely to occur.

B. Each person operating a milk plant, receiving station or transfer station and participating in the voluntary HACCP program shall ensure the person's HACCP plan complies with the following:

1. The HACCP plan shall be developed by one or more individuals who have been trained in accordance with the requirements of this chapter;

2. The HACCP plan shall be subject to the recordkeeping requirements of this chapter; and

3. The HACCP plan shall be specific to each location and milk, milk product, condensed milk, condensed milk product, dry milk or dry milk product;

C. Each person operating a milk plant, receiving station or transfer station and participating in the voluntary HACCP program shall ensure the person's HACCP plan shall at a minimum:

1. Include complete up-to-date process flow diagrams for all milk, milk products, condensed milk, condensed milk products, dry milk and dry milk products manufactured;

2. List all hazards that are reasonably likely to occur as identified in the hazard analysis and that must be controlled for each type of milk, milk product, condensed milk, condensed milk product, dry milk or dry milk product;

3. List the Critical Control Points for each of the identified hazards, including:

a. Critical Control Points designed to control hazards that could occur or could be introduced in the milk plant, receiving station or transfer station environment;

b. Critical Control Points designed to control hazards introduced outside the milk plant, receiving station or transfer station environment, including hazards that occur before arriving at the milk plant, receiving station or transfer station; and

c. A list of Critical Limits that shall be met at each of the Critical Control Points;

4. List the procedures and the frequency with which they are to be performed that will be used to monitor each of the Critical Control Points to ensure compliance with the Critical Limits;

5. Include any corrective action plans that have been developed in accordance with the corrective action requirements as described in this chapter, and that are to be followed in response to deviations from Critical Limits at Critical Control Points;

6. List the verification and validation procedures, and the frequency with which they are to be performed, that the milk plant, receiving station or transfer station will use in accordance with verification and validation requirements as described in this chapter;

7. Provide a recordkeeping system that documents the monitoring of the Critical Control Points in accordance with the record requirements as described in this chapter; and

8. Create records that contain only actual values and observations obtained during monitoring.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 23, Issue 20, eff. May 23, 2007.

Statutory Authority

§ 3.2-5206 of the Code of Virginia.