GMPs
• Preventative measures to ensure food safety
• Based on practical experience over a long period of time
• The foundation on which to build a HACCP program
• Codex:《HACCP System and Application Principle》-- a system which identifies, evaluates and controls hazards which are significant for food safety
• In my view, HACCP -- an internationally recognized, sciencebased, structured, preventive food safety control system designed to prevent, eliminate or reduce potential biological, chemical or physical hazards, including those caused by cross-contamination
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
• The purpose and frequency of doing a task • Who will do the task • A description of the procedure to be performed • What paperwork is to be completed (documentation) • The method by which you show that task is satisfactorily