2.2.1 The company shall establish and maintain environmental and operational programmes necessary to create an environment
suitable to produce safe and legal food products (prerequisite programmes). As a guide these may include the following,
although this is not an exhaustive list:
• cleaning and sanitising
• pest control
• maintenance programmes for equipment and buildings
• personal hygiene requirements
• staff training
• purchasing
• transportation arrangements
• processes to prevent cross-contamination
• allergen controls.
The control measures and monitoring procedures for the prerequisite programmes must be clearly documented and shall be
included within the development and reviews of the HACCP