Overview

CAC/GL 69-2008 presents guidelines for the validation of food safety control measures, which should be implemented in any food production system to improve food safety. The document discusses a variety of methods that can be used to validate implemented food safety control measures to prove they are effective. Steps such as the review of historical data, trending of results, control charts and statistical process control, performing scientific research or surveys, mathematical modeling, etc. It outlines the logical order for prioritizing which control measures to validate and provides examples and scenarios of validation processes that have been done for various food safety control efforts. These are useful case studies for companies implementing their own validation methods.

Overall, this document helps food manufacturers test that the measures they put in place to safeguard food safety are effective.

Link to Document

PROPOSED DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR THE VALIDATION OF FOOD SAFETY CONTROL MEASURES