CCP or Not?

Andrew Strak (abstrak@auracom.com)
Sun, 14 Feb 1999 18:24:13 -0400

There will be some risk of contamination with human-borne pathogens during
mixing, therefore temperature control during processing and before freezing
is becoming a real issue, I guess. In particular this omni-present
Staphylococcus aureus may be a risk and you would have to reduce product
exposure times at any given temperature to keep you within the limits
defined for this risk.

Best regards,

Andrew Strak
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ben J. Elder <benelder@home.com>
>To: rsardine@bangornews.infi.net <rsardine@bangornews.infi.net>;
>seafood@ucdavis.edu <seafood@ucdavis.edu>
>Date: Sunday, February 14, 1999 3:48 PM
>Subject: Re: CCP or Not?
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>>Ron,
>>If you have no CCP's, you have no HACCP plan. I think under your
scenario,
>>you would at least have a CCP at the metal detector. If you are adding
any
>>controlled ingredients such as nitrites, their control is critical enough
>to
>>be a CCP.
>>Ben Elder
>>Food Safety Institute
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ron Hoelzer <rsardine@bangornews.infi.net>
>>To: seafood@ucdavis.edu <seafood@ucdavis.edu>
>>Date: Saturday, February 13, 1999 8:18 PM
>>Subject: CCP or Not?
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>>>I have a scenario for discussion since I have encountered several points
>>>of view:
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>>> A seafood processor is going to make a seafood dish from products that
>>>have already been processed. He will be combining previously thermally
>>>treated product. These products will all be purchased from sources which
>>>are processing under a HACCP plan, hence, any pathogens will have been
>>>destroyed before the product reaches the second processor.
>>>
>>> The product will consist of the following:
>>>
>>> Cooked, refrigerated seafood (could be lobster, crabmeat, shrimp)
>>> Pasteurized dairy products,
>>> Spices and flavorings
>>>
>>> These ingredients will be heated to blend the flavors, but not heated
>>>enough to achieve any degree of kill activity.
>>>
>>> After heating the product will be dispensed into retail size containers
>>>and frozen.
>>>
>>> The question is - would there be any critical control points with this
>>>product?
>>>
>>>Ron Hoelzer
>>>Maine Food Technology Associates
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