CHA Principles of HACCP 3

Question 1

Which of the following best describes the role of prerequisite programs (PRPs) in relation to HACCP?

Accepted Answer

PRPs control general hygiene conditions so HACCP can focus on significant hazards

Answer

PRPs like GMP and SSOP manage the baseline food safety environment, allowing the HACCP plan to focus specifically on significant, identified hazards.

Question 2

When a HACCP team determines that a processing step controls a significant hazard but a critical limit cannot be validated, what is the appropriate course of action?

Accepted Answer

Redesign the process or product so the hazard can be adequately controlled

Answer

If a valid critical limit cannot be established for a step, the process must be redesigned to ensure the hazard is effectively controlled before HACCP implementation.

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the seven original HACCP principles as defined by Codex Alimentarius?

Accepted Answer

Establish a recall procedure

Answer

While recall procedures are important to food safety management, they are not one of the seven HACCP principles; the principles focus on in-process hazard control.

Question 4

A HACCP auditor finds that a company's monitoring frequency at a CCP was changed without updating the HACCP plan. This finding most directly relates to which HACCP principle?

Accepted Answer

Principle 4 – Monitoring

Answer

Monitoring procedures, including frequency, are defined under Principle 4; any change must be documented in the HACCP plan through the reassessment process.

Question 5

In a hazard analysis, the HACCP team concludes that Listeria monocytogenes is a significant biological hazard. What factor most likely drove this conclusion?

Accepted Answer

Low likelihood but extremely severe health consequences for vulnerable populations

Answer

Listeria is often classified as significant due to its severe outcomes (high mortality) in at-risk groups even when occurrence probability may be relatively low.

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CHA Principles of HACCP 3