Food safety management – Requirements for prerequisite programmes (PRPs) This standard contains the requirements for the development, establishment, implementation, maintenance and continual improvement of prerequisite programmes(PRPs) for food safety management for all food handling organizations and activities.
The change from paper-based to digital checklists does not just provide you with evidence of compliance, it offers a host of other advantages too, first of which is better food safety, but also operational efficiency.
In recent weeks food-safety standards in South Africa have come to the fore as a rash of severe food-related illnesses and deaths have swept the nation.
Draft standards for public enquiry: SANS 10049
SANS 10049 (SABS 049) (2017-10-10)
Food safety management – Requirements for prerequisite programmes (PRPs)
This standard contains the requirements for the development, establishment, implementation, maintenance and continual improvement of prerequisite programmes(PRPs) for food safety management for all food handling organizations and activities.
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Deadline for Comments
Closing Date: 2017-12-08
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