Technical reference
A supplier's controls become part of your own food safety system, whether or not you ever see them. Approval is how you decide to rely on them, and how far. tells a business to buy to and to know its raw material . Codex sets no single method, so schemes and customers fill the gap, and the depth should follow the risk.
The risk depends on what happens after the food reaches you. Without a later kill step, whatever the supplier let through can reach the customer. That is why items need the closest look.
A is evidence about a site, a scope and a date. Three questions test it: is it this factory, does the scope cover this product and process, and is it current? A failed answer to any one means it says nothing about your food.
Many errors in finished food begin as missing or outdated information. A supplier's recipe change is a food safety event for you, so the duty to tell you about changes belongs in the .
Parameters
| Who needs approval | Food, food-contact packaging and chemicals, including group and customer-nominated suppliers |
|---|---|
| Depth of checking | Set by risk. No law or text sets a universal method or frequency |
| Scope of an approval | Supplier, manufacturing site and named items |
| Emergency purchases | One-off, , recorded, and received like any other delivery |
| On request in Australia | Name and business address of the vendor, maker, packer or importer, and the food's name |
| Records kept | Longer than the product's shelf life, or as your authority sets |
Records that prove it
- Approved supplier list, with site and items covered
- Specifications and allergen declarations for each item
- Evidence behind each approval: certificates, questionnaires, audit reports
- Approval decision: who, when, conditions, next review
- Emergency purchases: why, what, source, receipt
- Periodic review, built from invoices and receiving records
- Suspensions and removals, with stock decisions
CCP or prerequisite?
That depends on the for your process. The number, if it has one, belongs to your plan.