HACCP (RvA): Food Safety
Managing Food Safety
Developed by the Codez Alimentarius of the World Health Organization, HACCP is a pro-active process control system by which food quality is ensured...
During the last few years, the global food industry has been directly affected by an escalation of legislation and regulations covering food safety and hygiene. Today, HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) techniques are increasingly being used in the food industry and are recommended as the most effective way for food businesses to ensure consumer protection.
HACCP is a pro-active process control system by which food quality is ensured. HACCP principles, developed by the Codex Alimentarius of the World Health Organization, demand that effective food safety systems are established through the application of a systematic approach to hazard and risk analysis.
The guiding principles of a HACCP system are:
description of products
description of processes
hazard analysis: identifying the potential hazards (i.e. biological, chemical and physical)
risk analysis: defining 'critical control points' (CCP) and other areas requiring attention
control of the critical control points
control of any points of attention, by general measures
LRQA provides an extensive HACCP assessment and certification service backed by the Dutch Council for Accreditation (RvA).
What are the Benefits of Dutch HACCP (RvA) Certification?
Taking a formalized approach to assuring food safety helps a company to demonstrate commitment by meeting the demands of legislation and customers.
Our HACCP assessments are designed for companies to demonstrate the effectiveness of the product safety and the hygiene critical elements of their operations. We also offer an alternative HACCP assessment service to existing clients that do not require accredited certification, but that still want to benefit from an LRQA assessment of their systems for ensuring food safety. These assessments use the HACCP principles detailed in Codex Alimentarius as reference criteria.
In addition, the HACCP system assessment services can be provided to complement existing LRQA ISO 9001 approvals, saving both time and money, by accommodating any duplication within the systems. Alternatively, these services can be provided to organizations that do not have ISO 9001 certification. We also offer HACCP assessment together with other food standards such as the BRC standard.
Additional benefits include:
Certification to a standard recognized by the GFSI and some of the world’s top food retailers(for RvA accredited Dutch HACCP program)
Enabling your business to report of your status of certification to your customers who recognize and/or require certification to this standard
Assurance of critical aspects of your food safety processes, including, safe hygiene practice, senior management responsibility, product and process verification, traceability and more.
Addressing due diligence requirements of both the supplier and the retailer
Fostering continual improvement
Can be combined with additional certification such as ISO 9001 and HACCP
Over half of the world’s top 200 companies choose LRQA
LRQA is one of only a select number of certification bodies who holds RvA accreditation to deliver HACCP Food Safety assessment and certification.
We’re a market leader in the provision of HACCP assessment and certification services, and when you choose LRQA, you choose to achieve certification from a respected, world renowned global registrar.
Our food safety assessors are industry specialists and experts who are matched with your business needs, enabling an effective and robust assessment of your system.
Our Business Assurance approach ensures our assessments focus on the areas and issues that are important to your business. As the first certification body to gain accreditation for issuing quality management system certificates, we understand system requirements and can therefore tailor our approach to help meet your objectives.
Beyond certification, LRQA provides an extensive range of services to support your business’ future growth and development, including training solutions and integrated management system assessment.
View LRQA's food safety training options!
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