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Article: HACCP patrolling for food hazards. (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point)
- Article from:
- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- January 1, 1995
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Like a cop on the beat, James Reed patrols his assigned food processing area daily for any wrongdoing. But instead of seeking out thugs on street corners, he's prowling for broken glass and other food hazards lurking inside automated food processing lines.
Reed is a lead person in Heinz USA's Pittsburgh factory, where be oversees the filling and capping of 900 baby food jars a minute. Several times a day he fills in for other employees and stops the processing line, checks the machine for glass, documents findings via computer, and, if necessary, withdraws the affected food products for disposal.
Reed's actions are part of a new food safety system that focuses ...