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HACCP Principle 5: Corrective Actions Checklist

by Jack Olseen, from the Community

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Use this HACCP Principle 5 corrective actions checklist to identify deviations from critical limits, capture root causes, and define clear corrective steps that prevent unsafe food from reaching customers. Assign owners and due dates, track resolution progress, and verify effectiveness to ensure your food safety plan remains compliant. Record actions taken, follow up on recurring issues, and schedule the next evaluation to drive continual improvement and audit readiness across your HACCP system.

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Corrective Action (HACCP Principle 5)
This checklist is the fifth step in establishing a HACCP Plan. For HACCP Principle 5, your team must establish corrective actions for when monitoring shows a deviation from a critical limit. Since deviations can happen, it's crucial to have a plan to prevent them from resulting in unsafe products. Planned corrective actions are essential for ensuring food safety. This checklist has been certified by HACCP International to meet their requirements. While you may customize it to better suit your workplace, such modifications may result in the checklist no longer meeting HACCP International standards.
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HACCP Principle 6: Record Keeping Procedures
This HACCP Principle 6 template helps food businesses establish and maintain effective record keeping procedures. Use it to define where records are stored (digital or paper), outline safeguards to prevent loss or damage, assign responsibility for record integrity, and document monitoring, corrective actions, and verification activities. It also prompts you to set a next evaluation date and create a recurring schedule or action to ensure ongoing compliance and continuous improvement in food safety documentation.
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HACCP Principle 2: Determine Critical Control Points
This HACCP Principle 2 checklist guides teams to determine Critical Control Points across the food production process. Record biological, chemical, and physical hazards, set critical limits, specify monitoring methods, equipment, frequency, and responsible personnel. Document corrective actions for limit deviations and verify activities. Use SafetyCulture to capture data on site and generate audit-ready reports that support ongoing food safety compliance.
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HACCP Template and Food Safety Checklist
Use this HACCP template to maintain a robust food safety plan based on the seven HACCP principles. Evaluate HACCP team skills, document product specifications and intended use, and verify complete flow diagrams. Identify hazards, define critical control points and limits, and set clear monitoring procedures. Plan corrective actions, verification activities, and record keeping. The checklist also includes GMP, cleaning, pest control, training, calibration, and product identification to support ongoing compliance and continual improvement.
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Corrective Action (HACCP Principle 5)

This checklist is the fifth step in establishing a HACCP Plan. For HACCP Principle 5, your team must establish corrective actions for when monitoring shows a deviation from a critical limit. Since deviations can happen, it's crucial to have a plan to prevent them from resulting in unsafe products. Planned corrective actions are essential for ensuring food safety. This checklist has been certified by HACCP International to meet their requirements. While you may customize it to better suit your workplace, such modifications may result in the checklist no longer meeting HACCP International standards.

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HACCP Principle 6: Record Keeping Procedures

This HACCP Principle 6 template helps food businesses establish and maintain effective record keeping procedures. Use it to define where records are stored (digital or paper), outline safeguards to prevent loss or damage, assign responsibility for record integrity, and document monitoring, corrective actions, and verification activities. It also prompts you to set a next evaluation date and create a recurring schedule or action to ensure ongoing compliance and continuous improvement in food safety documentation.

by Jack Olseen, from the Community

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HACCP Principle 2: Determine Critical Control Points

This HACCP Principle 2 checklist guides teams to determine Critical Control Points across the food production process. Record biological, chemical, and physical hazards, set critical limits, specify monitoring methods, equipment, frequency, and responsible personnel. Document corrective actions for limit deviations and verify activities. Use SafetyCulture to capture data on site and generate audit-ready reports that support ongoing food safety compliance.

by Jack Olseen, from the Community

10+

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HACCP Template and Food Safety Checklist

Use this HACCP template to maintain a robust food safety plan based on the seven HACCP principles. Evaluate HACCP team skills, document product specifications and intended use, and verify complete flow diagrams. Identify hazards, define critical control points and limits, and set clear monitoring procedures. Plan corrective actions, verification activities, and record keeping. The checklist also includes GMP, cleaning, pest control, training, calibration, and product identification to support ongoing compliance and continual improvement.

by Marzena Maj, from the Community

60+

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HACCP Principle 5: Corrective Actions Checklist

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