Senior Management on Site has to make every effort possible to ensure that glass, ceramic, brittle plastic and wood used in the processing of all Finished Goods are controlled within all Food Sensitive areas of the Site at all times. Each Raw Material, Primary Packaging and unsealed Finished Goods on Site are to be free of glass, ceramic, brittle plastic and wood contaminants before primary packaging procedures may begin. For this reason, each Site will have to establish a thorough Glass, Ceramic, Brittle Plastic & Wood Control Policy. This Policy is to spell out in great detail the procedures to follow for the controlling of all glass, ceramics, plastics and woods that are common in the Food Manufacturing process. An assessment of each targeted material (glass, ceramic, plastic, wood), from warehouse windows, eye-glasses, hair-net dispensers, machinery gauges, overhead light bulbs and plastic scoops to load transport pallets and work-station computers. Each targeted material is to be “risk” evaluated by its probability of breakage (High, Medium, Low) and it’s severity of injury (High, Medium, Low) if consumed. In addition, an inventory count of each target as well as its location in the plant (processing area, warehouse) is to be addressed as well. Clean-up procedures are to detail each step to be taken in the event that a glass, a ceramic or a brittle plastic breakage incident occurs in order to ensure control of the breakage and that all broken fragments are 100% contained and the threat to product is eliminated. Clean-up details are to outline the distance in circumference from the center of the breakage in all directions to ensure satisfactory clean-up of all compromising remains before any operations may resume. Clean up may include the disposal of WIP Finished Goods in close proximity to the breakage due to suspected or known contamination.
Experior Food Safety Solution’s Glass, Ceramic, Brittle Plastic & Wood Policy TEMPLATE spells out in great detail the food safety and quality considerations of the GFSI standards. These comprehensive food safety and quality TEMPLATES are designed to assist your processing teams to be simply modified to accurately describe process accuracy for the completion all SOP’s, records, analysis worksheets, and diagrams in your manufacture of human foods. (Only certain, “low-risk” processes of food production have been TEMPLATED.)