HACCP Exam 2 Questions with Complete & Updated Solutions

HACCP Exam 2 Questions with Complete & Updated Solutions When do you do an evaluation of a HACCP plan? - Answer ️️ -- New information on safety of product - Food-borne disease outbreak - Modification of production system - Scheduled evaluation - Change in product formulation, process, distribution or target consumer. What are the ongoing verification activities? - Answer ️️ -1. Calibration of process-monitoring instruments 2. Direct observation of monitoring activities and corrective actions 3. The review of records generated and maintained in accordance with 417.5(a)(3) Critical Limit - Answer ️️ -is used to distinguish between a safe and unsafe operating conditions at a CCP operational limits - Answer ️️ -established for reasons other than food safety, not to be confused with critical limit Exceeding critical limits provides - Answer ️️ --Evidence of the existence of a direct hazard -Evidence that a direct health hazard could develop -Indication that a product was not produced under conditions assuring safety -Indication that a raw material may affect the safety of the product Critical limits may be based upon factors such as - Answer ️️ -Temperature, Water activity, time, moisture content, salt concentration, viscosity, physical dimensions, pH, and humidity Critical limits must be - Answer ️️ -SCIENTIFICALLY BASED Critical limits may be derived from sources such as - Answer ️️ --Regulatory standards/ guidelines -Literature surveys -Experimental results When setting critical limits you need to what? - Answer ️️ -Reflect variations expected during the operation of processing equipment Monitoring procedures must be - Answer ️️ --Effective -Carefully calibrated Monitoring can be ______ or a ________ basis - Answer ️️ -Continuous; batch Continuous monitoring is preferred for? - Answer ️️ -Temperature, time, pH, and moisture Why must monitoring procedures for CCPs be done rapidly? - Answer ️️ - Because they relate to on-line processes CCPs represent the control elements of a ? - Answer ️️ -Manufacturing sequence and are focused on safety. T/F Monitoring should be at the 100% level. - Answer ️️ -True because the CCPs represent the control elements of a manufacturing sequence and are focused on safety. T/F The monitoring activity should provide reliable and definitive information on whether the critical limit is being met or not - Answer ️️ -True Monitoring should involve - Answer ️️ -measurement and/ or observation Measurement - Answer ️️ -if CL Is a numerical value - using a thermometer or temperature monitoring devic