GMP + scheme: Supporting activities Product Board Animal Feed Dik Wolters & Johan den Hartog Prague, 3th March 2009

Content  Guidance documents & publications  Database Load Transport  Fact sheets undesirable substances  Early warning system  Database undesirable substances in feed materials  Database generic risk assessments of feed materials On website: (Dutch, English & German)

Guidance documents & publications  HACCP Guideline  FAQ-lists: questions and answers  Methods for analysing undesirable substances  Publications in Quality Series,  Salmonella  Risks on Drying Methods and Fuels  How to control suppliers  Etc. etc. On website: (Dutch, English & German)

The HACCP Guideline  Recently updated (2008) and covers  Codex Alimentarius (1993)  Feed Hygiene Regulation (183/2005)  ISO22000, HACCP-Food (Dutch), etc  Published together with Q&S  13 steps to set up a HACCP-system  6 preliminary steps  7 steps with HACCP-principles  Examples and forms  References to  the standard  scources with background information

Step 1Forming HACCP team and validation team Step 2Description of products Step 3Record intended use Step 4Determine process information Step 5Testing process information Step 6Define prerequisite programme Step 7 - Principle 1Hazard analysis Step 8 - Principle 2Determine Critical Control Points (CCP’s) Step 9 - Principle 3Determine standards for CCP’s Step 10 - Principle 4Monitoring CCP’s Step 11 - Principle 5Define corrective measures Step 12 - Principle 6Validation and verification of HACCP plan Step 13 - Principle 7Documentation and registration of HACCP plan HACCP- Steps

International Database Transport  Categorisation of products ánd their cleaning method  Easy search by product name or (CAS-)number, synonyms or brand names.  Including description of products and other information  In different languages  Possible to print off in PDF-format  Managed together with Ovocom, Q&S and Qualimat  On PDV-website (  In a few months an own website

Fact sheets undesirable substances

 Characteristics of substance  General description  Kind of hazard (C, P or M)  Scientific information (transfer, toxicology, etc.)  Severity of potential hazard  Maximum permitted levels  Laboratory testing methods  Control measures  References

Early Warning System

Database undesirable substances

Database undesirable substances Information about the content and possibilities of the Database

Database undesirable substances

Database Generic Risk Assessments of Feed Materials  First generic risk assessments in 1999  Decision 2003: a)Basic rule : GMP + certified companies use only feed materials from GMP + -certified companies (1999), and b)Additionally: feed materials must be listed in the Database Risk assessments Feed materials

Database generic risk assessments of feed materials Goals:  To avoid the use of incidental lots without a previous risk assessment  Helping hand for:  Company specific risk and hazard analysis  Supplier assessment  Reference for auditors in case of GMP + - certification  Transparency regarding production process and risk assessment towards the next links in de chain and towards official authorities

Database generic risk assessments of feed materials  Generic and (mostly) not company specific  Some cases one feed material per assessment, some cases a lot per assessment (soy oil industry: 22; potato industry: 18)  Number of feed materials: 535  Number of risk assessments: 182

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