Horizontal sanitation control for a food plant, with the acidified-foods programme set out in full.
Overview
A processing plant makes two things at once: its product, and the environment that product is made in. This guideline is the international edition of source regulation PHC-C-6, aligned with the Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene and its HACCP annex and with the Codex code for low-acid and acidified low-acid canned foods (CXC 23-1979).
It applies horizontally across food processing, then adds a complete acidified-foods control programme on top. This is one editable reference document, not a management system: annexes carry the acidified-foods figures, zoning and process tables, an inspection checklist and a sanitiser reference.
What it covers
- Establishment approval, packing under supervision and the plant food safety system
- Structure, sanitary facilities, drainage, moisture control and the potable, sea and non-potable water systems
- Acidified foods — acidulants, acidification, batch definition, titration control and finished-product pH release
- Cleaning and bactericidal treatment with approved QAC sanitisers, and pesticide restrictions
- Cross-contamination and foreign-body control, tagging of insanitary equipment, daily inspection, traceability and recall
Who it's for
Sanitation and QA managers in food processing plants, acidified-food packers, HACCP teams and the inspectors who audit them. A customer audit or a new acidified line is the usual trigger, and the result is a code you can adapt and issue as the site's own sanitation standard.
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Frequently asked questions
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