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NAMP Speaks Out on Draft Compliance Guidelines

Association says the FSIS draft would be very costly to implement.

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Published: Mar 31, 2010

The North American Meat Processors Association is speaking out against the recently announced draft compliance guidelines on the validation of HACCP systems. NAMP is concerned about the ability of plants to comply with the new requirements, especially in light of the fact there may be no food safety benefit. The association adds that the costs of the new requirements could be alarmingly high for some companies.

NAMP has been working on this issue as part of a broad industry association coalition for more than eight months. Prior to the release of the document, NAMP communicated with FSIS on numerous occasions about its concerns, especially for small processors.

FSIS has been preparing to release additional information on validation for some time now and is requesting comments on the guidelines from all interested parties.

According to attorney Dennis Johnson, a member of the NAMP College of Experts, this draft is a departure from long-standing FSIS policy in that it mandates microbiological testing in-plant as the only acceptable form of validation. This micro validation would be required at every step in the process and for every process, regardless of the historical data supporting effectiveness. Johnson says this is a very costly proposition and there is no evidence that it will not result in any demonstrable food safety benefit.

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