ETC - HACCP GUIDANCE NOTES for tea producers and processors in the country of origin page 12
APPENDIX 4 – Generic Example of a HACCP Plan for a Tea Blending Operation (for illustrative purposes only)
EUROPEAN TEA COMMITTEE / COMITE EUROPÉEN DU THE
Sonninstrasse 28 20097 Hamburg City Sued Germany
PROCESS STEP HAZARD PREVENTATIVE MEASURES CCP
No. CRITICAL LIMITS
MONITORING CORRECTIVE
ACTION&
PROCEDURE FREQUENCY RESPONSIBILITY
1
Teas and Herbs
delivered to Original
Stores from external
source, Inspected
and Stored
Fork Lift Mechanical Damage
Pest Infestation
Transit Damage
Non Suitable Packaging, foreign
bodies
Environmental conditions
(Training pre requisite)
(Ref pest control pre requisite)
Goods in Checks
Material Specification Sheet /
Goods in Checklist
Canopy / Goods in Checklist
No No major visual damage
to delivered products.
X101
X132
X085
X038
EX038
Each Delivery
Each Batch
Product rejected and
returned to supplier.
Quality dept informed.
Responsibility –
Production/Quality
2
Tea unloaded,
Inspected and
Stored as Blend Kits
Fork Lift Mechanical Damage
Pest Infestation
Transit Damage
Non Suitable Packaging
Environmental
(Training pre requisite)
(Ref pest control pre requisite)
Goods in checks
Material Spec. Sheet / Goods in
Checklist
Canopy /Goods in Checklist
No No visual damage to
delivered products.
X101
X132
X085
X038
EX038
Each Delivery
of blend kits
Product rejected and
returned to supplier.
Quality dept informed.
Responsibility –
Production/Quality
3
Bags and Sacks to
Automatic Opener
Fork Lift Mechanical Damage (Training pre requisite) No No visible damage to
product
X038/6
X101/4
X085/2
X038/6
Each blend Inform manager.
Inform Quality Ops
Responsibility -
Production
4
Bags Cut, Tea
drops into System
over magnets
Paper
Foil
Foreign Bodies in Tea
Preventative Measures on Cutting
Blade
Procedure for Jammed Bags
Procedure for broken blade
(Ref Glass pre-requisite)
Documented Magnet Check
Feedback via commodities to
supplier on period basis
No No large amounts of
foreign bodies in tea.
No foreign bodies added
to tea
X216
X207
X249
Each blend Product placed on hold
– reject or release as
appropriate.
Change magnets and
rechallenge.
Responsibility –
Production/Quality Ops
5
Tea Blended in
Vessels
Physical Hazards Introduced
(Jewellery, Pens, Nails) by
Operator when clearing residual
tea before and after organic
product run.
Visual
(Ref Personal housekeeping pre
requisite)
(Ref Glass pre-requisite)
No No foreign bodies added
to tea. X127
Each blend
Every 20 working
days (min)
Inform manager. Place
product on hold and
isolate FB or reject
blend. Inform Quality
Ops
Responsibility -
Production