RE: Definition of SSOP

From: Pamela Tom (pdtom@ucdavis.edu)
Date: Tue Jan 13 2004 - 17:22:33 PST

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    The 8 sanitation points of FDA HACCP that Liz Best refers to includes:

    (1) Safety of the water that comes into contact with food or food contact
    surfaces, or is used in the manufacture of ice;

    (2) Condition and cleanliness of food contact surfaces, including
    utensils, gloves, and outer garments;

    (3) Prevention of cross-contamination from insanitary objects to food,
    food packaging material, and other food contact surfaces, including
    utensils, gloves, and outer garments, and from raw product to cooked
    product;

    (4) Maintenance of hand washing, hand sanitizing, and toilet facilities;

    (5) Protection of food, food packaging material, and food contact surfaces
    from adulteration with lubricants, fuel, pesticides, cleaning compounds,
    sanitizing agents, condensate, and other chemical, physical, and
    biological contaminants;

    (6) Proper labeling, storage, and use of toxic compounds;

    (7) Control of employee health conditions that could result in the
    microbiological contamination of food, food packaging materials, and food
    contact surfaces; and

    (8) Exclusion of pests from the food plant.

    Source: FDA's Seafood HACCP Rule (in "Fish and Fisheries Products Hazards
    and Conrols Guidance, 3rd Ed.
    http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/haccp4x8.html), Title 21 of the Code of
    Federal Regulations Part 123 - Fish & Fishery Products, Sec. 123.11
    Sanitation Control Procedures.

    Regards,

    Pamela Tom
    University of California
    Sea Grant Extension Program

    On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Liz Best wrote:

    > I have defined SSOP as
    > "Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures"
    > where operating procedures (including the 8 sanitation points of FDA HACCP)
    > are defined, written and applied to all processing areas, equipment,
    > utensils, storage and parameter areas that require wet or dry cleaning and
    > sanitizing or verfication as under FDA HACCP on known schedules that are
    > validated through inspections, monitoring and testing recordkeeping
    > protocals.
    >
    > Liz Best AGS
    >
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: kevin lyman [mailto:klyman@tiac.net]
    > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 8:33 PM
    > To: karla.ruzicka@noaa.gov
    > Cc: karlafish@aol.com; seafood@ucdavis.edu
    > Subject: Definition of SSOP
    >
    >
    > Karla and UC Davis List members.
    > A very belated Happy New year. My interprutation of a Standard Sanitation
    > Proceedure is a Narrative Description of the proper method for sanitizing a
    > seafood plant and its associated equipment. Please comment on your opinion
    > as to the accuracy of this interprutation..Peter Howgate, What's your
    > opinion as to the accuracy of this interprutation? Thanks to all.
    > Kevin Lyman
    > John Nagle Company



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