HACCP for CateringIntroduction

H.E. Dr. Mariam Harib Al-Yousef

Executive Director

Policy & Regulation Sector

Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority

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Introductory

Vision An internationally recognized food and agriculture organization that contributes to the well-being of the community.

Mission To develop a sustainable agriculture and food sector that ensures the delivery of safe food to the public and protects the health of animals and plants while promoting sound environmental and food practices through cohesive and effective policies and regulations, quality standards, research and awareness

3Our values under pin everything we do

Teamwork Professionalism Leadership Integrity Transparency Service Excellence

Assist farmers to

maintain farm in

sustainable way with fair

income

Partner with entities to

meet community

expectations

Enhance business

performance

Contribute to bio-

security by assuring

plant & animal health

Public

Ecologically sustainable development of

the agricultural industryA secure food supply for the EmirateAssuring Food Safety

Ensure access to

affordable & sufficient

safe food

Develop & enforce

transparent & stable

legislation

Enhance awareness and

education

Adopt, promote & introduce

appropriate agro-

technologies

Ensure agriculture

production with comparative

advantage & GAP

Improve key processes

Improve & encourage

continuous basic risk

assessment and research

Proactively build

stakeholder network &

knowledge sharing

SD1 SD2

OrganizationsSD3 SD4 SD5

CO1 CO2 CO3

IP4 IP5 IP6 IP7

IP2

IP1

IP3

Build critical

competencies

Fulfil social

requirements of

AD government

Become a strategy

focused

organization

Integrate & align

IT

Optimize budget

allocation and

utilization

Have world-class

facilities

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“An internationally recognized food and agriculture organization that

contributes to the well-being of the community”

Vis

ion

To develop a sustainable agriculture and food sector that ensures the delivery of safe food to the public and

protects the health of animals and plants while promoting sound environmental and food practices through

cohesive and effective policies and regulations, quality standards, research and awarenessMis

sio

n

ADFCA

Strategy Map

2010-2014

10/09./2009

P&R Strategy

Map

4Our values under pin everything we do

Teamwork Professionalism Leadership Integrity Transparency Service Excellence

Enhance business

performance

Public / ADFCA

Ecologically sustainable development of

the agricultural industryA secure food supply for the EmirateAssuring Food Safety

Develop transparent &

stable agri-food policies

Drive efforts to ensure agri-

food crises management

Improve processes

relevant to agri-food policies,

legislations and risk-based

systems

Embed risk-based

approach in agri-food

inspection systems

Organizations

PR-SD2

CO1 CO2 CO3

PR-IP3 PR-IP6

PR-IP1 PR-IP2

Build critical

competencies in the area

of food safety and

agriculture

Fulfil social requirements

of AD government

Become a strategy

focused organization

Optimize budget

allocation and utilization

PR-R1 PR-R2 PR-R3 PR-R4

“An internationally recognized food and agriculture organization that

contributes to the well-being of the community”

Vis

ion

To develop a sustainable agriculture and food sector that ensures the delivery of safe food to the public and

protects the health of animals and plants while promoting sound environmental and food practices through

cohesive and effective policies and regulations, quality standards, research and awarenessMis

sio

n

P&R Specific

P&R

Contribution

Mandatory

Priorities

Contribute to ensuring

access to affordable &

sufficient safe food

PR-SD1

Develop transparent &

stable agri-food legislation

PR-IP4

Engage concerned sectors

to unify interpretation of

legislation

PR-IP5

INTERLINK WITH POLICY

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2.

Integrated Risk Management Framework

4.

Good Operating Practice and

HACCP principles

General Policies

5.

Capability and

Credibility

1.

Integrated Farm to Fork ‘Food

Chain’ Approach

9.

Performance Management

10.

Traceability

7.

Consistency with WTO SPS and

TBT Agreements 6.

Transparency through

consultation and communication

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Abu Dhabi

Regulatory model

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Harmonisation in the UAE

General Policies

Abu Dhabi Regulatory ModelPosition

A Regulatory Model has been designed to describe the core roles of the key players:

- ADFCA (Regulator Inspection , verification, and enforcement)

- Industry, including primary production & food service (producing safe & suitable food)

- Consumers

It also sets out the relationship to international commitments and agreements and to the UAE Federal requirements.

Rationale

A regulatory model provides clarity around the functions that each of the key players (regulator, inspector /verifier, business operator and consumer) in the agriculture and food sectors plays and the inter-relationship between those players and functions.

Description

ADFCA will provide a cost effective and efficient regulatory program where business operators across the food chain take primary responsibility for meeting regulatory requirements. ADFCA will implement a regulatory approach that is simple, practical, risk-based, integrated and harmonised across the food chain and across individual groups within it. 7

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Abu Dhabi Regulatory Model

Good Operating PracticePositionADFCA recognizes the importance of ‘Good Operating Practice’ including HACCPprinciples, in order to encompass best practice along the food chain whether that isagricultural, veterinary, manufacturing or hygiene. Good Operating Practice is alsointended to encompass application of HACCP principles where necessary

Rationale

What has been considered ‘prerequisite building blocks’, ‘HACCP principles’ and ‘HACCPsteps’ have been packaged into a concept called ‘Good Operating Practice’ in order topresent ‘good practices’ for business operators without the complexity.

Description

HACCP was developed in response to a need for a more science-based approach tocontrol hazards in food primarily in large scale food processing and manufacturingsectors.

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GVP GMP

GHPGAP

HACCP

Good Operating Practice

Food Safety & Suitability Policies

P10Powers of Officers

Position

• Long term: Assessing compliance through applying theverification model (against an approved and registeredfood safety management system). A business will eitherbe subject to inspection or to verification. Food Officerswill need to widen their competencies from inspectionto verification

• Short to interim term: Assessing compliance throughcurrent inspection model by inspecting a businessagainst relevant prescriptive regulatory requirements.The inspection model is being enhanced to evolve into arisk-based approach. The inspection will continue forbusinesses that do not require management systems andcan proceed with guiding rules

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P3- Assessing Compliance – Verification

P6: Tools

PositionADFCA appreciates that a risk based food regulatory program must be associated with arange of risk-based tools developed by experts in a range of fields. ADFCA is committedto identifying the most appropriate tools, developing them and providing them to themajority of food businesses. ADFCA also recognises that there are some businesses thatwill choose to develop their own tools and that these will need to be assessed andapproved by ADFCA

RationaleFood businesses need to acquire tools in order to document the activities and processesthey intend to follow and enhance the competency model in order to comply with legalrequirements and to deliver safe and suitable food.

DescriptionThere are a range of key tools that feature in the risk-based food regulatory program,including Food safety management systems, codes of practice, guidance to inductry andtraining of food handlers

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Risk-Based Tools

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IP3: Embed risk based

approach in Agri-food inspection systems

Strategic Priority General and Food Safety Policies

Initiative/ Project

IP3.I1; Design a HACCP-based

food safety management system for the Catering Industry, including SLDB

GP3: Abu Dhabi Regulatory ModelGP4: Good Operating Practice and

HACCP principles

FP3: VerificationFP6: ToolsFP8: Competencies

Policy- Strategy Bridge

Consultation

Objective:

To inform decision making, build credibility and to gain acceptance and a sense of ownership of regulatory decisions for which it has accountability

Thank you