Infographic description – Keeping animal feed safe – Your preventive control plan
Keeping feed safe
The following are considered to be international best practices to identify potential risks to feeds and to outline what measures are in place to manage those risks.
Find the right people
Everyone involved in developing a Preventive Control Plan (PCP) should:
- be knowledgeable and experienced in feed safety
- understand your products, equipment and processes
- know the basics of feed preparation, storage and transportation
- know how to identify and control feed safety hazards
Describe your process
- List your key preventive controls for managing feed safety risks
- Write a plan describing your procedures for each preventive control
- Describe who, what, how and when
- Have a process in place for responding to complaints and implementing recalls
Perform a hazard analysis
- Identify potential feed safety hazards and indicate control measures for each
- Establish and validate your critical limits, such as time and temperature parameters
- Develop ways to monitor and control hazards
- Find ways to correct hazards if they occur
- Create a process to verify that hazards are under control
Put your plan to work
- Ensure your plan is up-to-date and works as planned
- Train your staff
- Follow your written procedures
- Keep and review records
Top 3 reasons to refresh your plan
- Something changes
(for example regulations or requirements, product volume, ingredients or processing) - Something is new
(for example new feed production or equipment) - Something goes wrong
(for example feed recall, complaint, unsatisfactory lab results or inspection)