Food Manufacturing Obligations
Per Michael Cramer, ”
A weekly post for sanitation, food safety and quality professionals to aid in the production of safe and wholesome foods. Each week we’ll provide excerpts from my book, Food Plant Sanitation: Design Maintenance and Good Manufacturing Practices.
Well start this week with obligations that food manufacturers have to their customers, consumers and their company.”
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Food manufacturers have an obligation to protect
– Consumers and Customers
– Their brands and company reputation
– Company employees and stakeholders
They also have a responsibility to conform to all applicable regulations
Sanitation regulations for USDA facilities include:
– 9 CFR 416 Sanitary Operations
– Directive 5000.1 Sanitary Performance Standards
Sanitation regulations for FDA facilities include:
– Food Safety Modernization Act
– Sanitation Preventive Control
USDA and FDA facilities will also be required to maintain sanitary operational conditions through employee conformance to Good Manufacturing Practices