PRINCIPLES OF FOOD SAFETY: HACCP
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
What provides a sound foundation of HACCP? - Answer-Food safety pre-requisite
program
What does food safety pre-requisite programs cover? - Answer-These cover low risk
hazards.
What does the food safety pre-requisite programs allow? - Answer-This allows the
HACCP plan to be focused and specific.
What do pre-requisite programs address what? - Answer-This addresses the
operational conditions providing a foundation of a HACCP system.
What are some operational conditions providing a foundation of a HACCP system? -
Answer-- Manufacturing facility design
- Receiving and storage
- Equipment performance and maintenance
- Sanitation and pest control
- Recall and traceability
- Personnel training
What are the five basic requirements of pre-requisite programs? - Answer-1.
Documented: All aspects written down
2. Effectively implemented: monitored and supervised
3. Assessed for effectiveness
4. Corrective action must be taken when problems are identified
5. Records kept of monitoring and corrective actions
What is another name of food safety pre-requisite program? - Answer-Good
manufacturing practice
What does the food safety pre-requisite program give? - Answer-This gives a formal
support network for the HACCP team.
What does the food safety pre-requisite program enable? - Answer-This enables
stream-lined HACCP plans.
What does SFSA stand for? - Answer-Supplier food safety assurance
, What is a supplier food safety assurance? - Answer-This is a formal agreement
between a facility and its suppliers.
What does a supplier food safety assurance ensure? - Answer-This ensures that those
who provide materials will meet stated standards in the products they deliver.
What are manufacturing operations? - Answer-This is where people, processes, and
equipment come together to add value to material and produce goods for sale.
What are logistics staff responsible for? - Answer-This is responsible for the
maintenance of the characteristics of foods throughout the supply chain activities of
transport and storage.
What are some proper practices of food safety and quality? - Answer-- Inspect the
condition
- Apply written procedures to ensure proper handling
- Deploy a lot coding system to track every finished good
- Establish hygiene standards for food storage and handling
- Apply rodent and pest control involving both an outside pest control contractor, as well
as in-house monitoring
- Document and maintain records of all inspections and activities and ensure traceability
of all manipulations
What are some other pre-requisite programs? - Answer-- Vendor assurance
- People programs
- Quality management
What falls under document control? - Answer-- Many documents in a HACCP system
- Need to keep updated and current
- Methods for withdrawal and destruction of obsolete/out of date documents
- Vital to ensure correct records kept
What falls under record-keeping? - Answer-- All monitoring forms for CCPs or SCPs
need to be maintained in retrievable format for 3 years
- Some records need only be kept for shelf life +6 months
What falls under traceability? - Answer-- Ability to track where materials have come
from and go to
- One step up and one step down
- All materials labelled by batch and lot
- Segregate each batch and lot from similar materials
- Trail to link raw material batches and final product codes
What falls under calibration? - Answer-- Not all technical equipment electronically
controlled
- Other equipment needs to be calibrated by trained staff
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
What provides a sound foundation of HACCP? - Answer-Food safety pre-requisite
program
What does food safety pre-requisite programs cover? - Answer-These cover low risk
hazards.
What does the food safety pre-requisite programs allow? - Answer-This allows the
HACCP plan to be focused and specific.
What do pre-requisite programs address what? - Answer-This addresses the
operational conditions providing a foundation of a HACCP system.
What are some operational conditions providing a foundation of a HACCP system? -
Answer-- Manufacturing facility design
- Receiving and storage
- Equipment performance and maintenance
- Sanitation and pest control
- Recall and traceability
- Personnel training
What are the five basic requirements of pre-requisite programs? - Answer-1.
Documented: All aspects written down
2. Effectively implemented: monitored and supervised
3. Assessed for effectiveness
4. Corrective action must be taken when problems are identified
5. Records kept of monitoring and corrective actions
What is another name of food safety pre-requisite program? - Answer-Good
manufacturing practice
What does the food safety pre-requisite program give? - Answer-This gives a formal
support network for the HACCP team.
What does the food safety pre-requisite program enable? - Answer-This enables
stream-lined HACCP plans.
What does SFSA stand for? - Answer-Supplier food safety assurance
, What is a supplier food safety assurance? - Answer-This is a formal agreement
between a facility and its suppliers.
What does a supplier food safety assurance ensure? - Answer-This ensures that those
who provide materials will meet stated standards in the products they deliver.
What are manufacturing operations? - Answer-This is where people, processes, and
equipment come together to add value to material and produce goods for sale.
What are logistics staff responsible for? - Answer-This is responsible for the
maintenance of the characteristics of foods throughout the supply chain activities of
transport and storage.
What are some proper practices of food safety and quality? - Answer-- Inspect the
condition
- Apply written procedures to ensure proper handling
- Deploy a lot coding system to track every finished good
- Establish hygiene standards for food storage and handling
- Apply rodent and pest control involving both an outside pest control contractor, as well
as in-house monitoring
- Document and maintain records of all inspections and activities and ensure traceability
of all manipulations
What are some other pre-requisite programs? - Answer-- Vendor assurance
- People programs
- Quality management
What falls under document control? - Answer-- Many documents in a HACCP system
- Need to keep updated and current
- Methods for withdrawal and destruction of obsolete/out of date documents
- Vital to ensure correct records kept
What falls under record-keeping? - Answer-- All monitoring forms for CCPs or SCPs
need to be maintained in retrievable format for 3 years
- Some records need only be kept for shelf life +6 months
What falls under traceability? - Answer-- Ability to track where materials have come
from and go to
- One step up and one step down
- All materials labelled by batch and lot
- Segregate each batch and lot from similar materials
- Trail to link raw material batches and final product codes
What falls under calibration? - Answer-- Not all technical equipment electronically
controlled
- Other equipment needs to be calibrated by trained staff
