A packing plant adds nothing to the food it handles, so every hazard it introduces is one it could have prevented.
Overview
This single master guideline, 52 chapters with six annexes, is written for plants that portion, wrap and pack foods manufactured somewhere else. It is aligned with Codex CXC 1-1969 and CXC 47-2001, the labelling standards CXS 1-1985 and CXG 2-1985, and ISO 22000 together with ISO/TS 22002-4. After defining the facility, its six sections and the characteristic hazards of a packing operation, it concentrates on the controls this activity lives or dies by, from the conformity of the packaging material itself to the date the label finally carries. The annexes provide the facility tables, an inspection checklist, a cleaning reference and a Codex and ISO mapping.
What it covers
- Food contact materials and articles, printing inks, adhesives and recycled materials
- Line clearance and product changeover, division, portioning and wrapping
- Sealing and seal integrity, net quantity control, and coding and date marking
- Labelling content, expiry exemptions and control of application, with shelf life and the derived date
- Dust and airborne cross-contact, and foreign body, glass and brittle plastic control
Who it's for
Co-packers, repacking and wrapping plants, contract packaging operations, QA teams, and the inspectors who assess packing facilities and food-contact material compliance. It answers the customer or regulator who asks a co-packer to evidence its material conformity, changeover discipline and date marking, and it puts those answers in one document the plant can hand over.
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