How to get started with the HACCP Plan builder (US, CAN, AUS)?

 

Follow these steps to start creating your HACCP Plan:

• Log in to FoodDocs.

• Answer simple questions about your business, like general info, workgroup, etc., until all red selections turn green. 

• General info is information about your business unit. 

Here, choosing the right food business type is critical, whether production, food service, or retail. Once you have filled all questions out, press SAVE and move to the next step.

• Workgroup needs information about people who are responsible for concrete food safety-related tasks. You can write either name(s), the role(s), or even choose an outsourced service. Once you have filled all out, press SAVE and move to the next step.
• Location and floor plan sections are switched off by default. Consult with your local health department whether you need them or not.

• • If you need to create the plans, switch them on.
  • It takes only a few minutes to create your location plan. Just find the correct address, and our software will find locate your business in google maps easily. 

  • Drag and drop your points to their correct positions on the plan.

• Analyses section is where you show the analyses you perform in your business. Please contact your local health department to determine which analyses you need to perform.
  • In case you don't know, select Not done, and you can find it out after the inspection.

 

To start creating your Hazard analysis and HACCP, you need to follow the next steps:

• Product Group includes the list of foods you sell.
  • List all the food you serve or prepare at your business unit by clicking ADD PRODUCT.
  • For example, if you're a bakery, add all the products you prepare.
  • For each product group, choose the estimated production volume. 

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  • Once you have added all products, press SAVE and move to the next step.
• Ingredients section is the step where you list all the ingredients you use for making food and products you sell without packaging. 
  • If you're a reseller, mark the product groups you use in your store.
• Process steps selection requires you to switch on all the relevant processes to your business.
  • For example, if you are a bakery, start with receiving the products and end with selling or serving.
  • If you need a HACCP plan for sous vide processing, it's under the cooking process step.
  • If you need a HACCP plan for vacuum packaging, it's under temporary storage.
  • If you need a HACCP plan for reduced oxygen packaging, it's under the packaging/labeling process step.
  • If you have a process that is not listed, scroll down, and you'll see the ADD PROCESS button. Add your process manually and press SAVE.
  • Once you have filled all out, press SAVE and move to the next step.

• Flowchart is a graphical representation of your food business processes, starting from buying raw materials to serving or selling your finished products.
  
  • After clicking on Create, the HACCP plan builder generates a flow chart automatically according to your selected process steps.
  • Your company's flowchart/flow diagram is created automatically according to the process steps you selected previously. 
  • Please take a look at your flowchart carefully after creating it. The flowchart must be according to your company's actual situation. 
     
   

• If you have another product group, especially with different process steps, ADD NEW PRODUCT GROUP/LINE

  • For example, if you're a bakery and you also produce cold-pressed juices, this has to be added as a new product group because it has different process steps and separate Hazard analysis.

• Your HACCP Plan is ready when you have reviewed all the steps, and all selections are green.

• Press GENERATE when you are done and confirm HACCP Plan.

• Under Hazard Analysis, you will find your process steps, potential hazards, severity, etc

• DOWNLOAD selection gives you a pdf file of your HACCP Plan.

 

 

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