FDA manual for risk-based Inspections and the Evaluation of Voluntary Food Safety Management Systems.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. ) recently developed a food safety document titled Managing Food Safety: A Regulators Manual for Applying HACCP HACCP hazard analysis critical control points. Principles to Risk-Based Retail and Food Service Inspections and Evaluating Voluntary Food Safety Management Systems. The manual provides a manageable scheme for prioritizing inspections through a risk-based approach. The manual was written to focus on the preventive preventive /pre·ven·tive/ (pre-vent´iv) prophylactic. pre·ven·tive or pre·ven·ta·tive adj. Preventing or slowing the course of an illness or disease; prophylactic. n. approach and to provide a roadmap A roadmap may refer to:
The voluntary strategies presented in the manual also foster food safety partnerships between inspectors and retail or food service operators, which will facilitate the inspectors' active role in improving existing food safety management systems. Many regulatory reg·u·late tr.v. reg·u·lat·ed, reg·u·lat·ing, reg·u·lates 1. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law. 2. jurisdictions are already conducting risk-based inspections using HACCP principles and other innovative approaches. The manual is based on experience gained from many of these approaches and is provided to regulatory food safety professionals to help them enhance the effectiveness of their inspections by incorporating a risk-based approach. For more information, visit www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/hret3toc.html. |
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