So what is this HACCP? - As you should have deduced it stands for
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points
– but that may be like trying to describe a colour to a blind person – so let’s find a bit more about it.
The companies supplying NASA with food for space missions developed HACCP as a means of ensuring that this event did not happen – the key component of HACCP is PREVENTION.
In an evolutionary sense you could say we have progressed from:
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Quality Assurance
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HACCP
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However before I have the QA people emailing me you need to remember that HACCP principles focus on FOOD SAFETY and Quality Assurance extends well beyond Food Safety to include organoleptic (taste, odour and look) qualities, portion size and weight etc.