FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY
QUALITY CONTROL IN FOOD PROCESSING
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Preliminary steps enable cost saving for the company.
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Preliminary steps help to simplify a food defense plan.
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Preliminary steps enable any worker to make a vulnerability assessment.
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Preliminary steps are helpful for ensuring all information is captured for vulnerability assessment.
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Preliminary steps are mandatory.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The act, signed into law in 2011, seeks to protect public health more effectively by strengthening the food safety system. FSMA focuses on preventing food safety problems before they occur and recognizes the importance of strong foodborne illness and outbreak surveillance systems.
Detailed explanation-2: -FDA conducts vulnerability assessments (VA) on food systems to identify, quantify and prioritize (or rank) the vulnerabilities in a system. These assessments have led to the identification of processing steps of highest concern and potential mitigation strategies that may reduce these vulnerabilities.
Detailed explanation-3: -A FSMA food safety plan is essentially an extension of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) plans, but it includes additional regulations to address more comprehensive elements of food safety.
Detailed explanation-4: -Step 1: Assemble a food defense team. Step 2: Describe the product under evaluation. Step 3: Develop a flow diagram. Step 4: Describe the process steps under evaluation.