HACCP originated from the space food development program of NASA in the 1960s, and was vigorously promoted by the food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (who) and the food and Drug Administration of the United States (FDA). It is a food safety assurance system widely recognized and accepted in the world. It has been enforced and accepted in many countries. It is a globally accepted safe food production standard.

 

HACCP is the abbreviation of hazard analysis critical control point. As a scientific and systematic method in hazard identification, evaluation and control, it is applied in the process from the production of primary products to the consumption of final products. After hazard analysis, the possibility and severity of hazards are determined, and specific hazards and control measures are determined and evaluated, so as to prevent the occurrence of food safety hazards and ensure food safety. HACCP emphasizes the role of the enterprise itself. Compared with the general traditional supervision methods, it focuses on prevention rather than relying on the testing of the final products. It has higher economic and social benefits.

 

HACCP mainly includes seven basic principles: 

1: hazard analysis.

2: determine the key control points. 

3: develop key limits. 

4: establish a system to monitor the control of key control points. 

5: when the monitoring results indicate that a certain key control point is out of control, determine the corrective actions to be taken. 

6: establish certification procedures to verify that HACCP system is operating effectively.

7: establish files of procedures and records related to the above principles and applications. In the food industry, HACCP is more and more widely used. It has gradually evolved from a management means and method to a management mode or management system. In close cooperation with other international organizations, the international organization for Standardization (ISO) has absorbed and integrated the beneficial contents of other management system standards based on the HACCP principle to form a food safety management system based on HACCP.