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APEDA APPROVED-HACCP Consultancy & Certification Agency:

With an increased awareness of production through various production techniques and processes, the consumers have become more concerned about food safety and health. Therefore, the food regulators worldwide have shifted their focus from end product testing to monitoring throughout the chain of production.

Application of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) at every level of food chain from the receipt of raw material, grading, transportation, distribution, handling at distribution centres, storage, processing, packing, to retail outlets till the product is finally consumed, provides assurance of safety of the food to the consumer.

There are several agencies engaged in the area of HACCP implementation and certification. The criteria, parameters and costs followed by these agencies while implementation, assessment and certification vary widely amongst them.

APEDA has also been approached by manufacturers and exporters seeking our recommendations on implementation and certification agencies for implementation and certification of HACCP in their units. In the absence of a procedure for recognition of such agencies, APEDA is unable to make any recommendations to this effect.

Considering the emerging importance of application of HACCP in food processing, it is essential that minimum criteria and parameters for implementation and certification should be in place and that the costs are reasonable to the implementing units.

APEDA, therefore, lays down criteria and parameters for recognition of HACCP implementation agencies as well as HACCP certification agencies.

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