Welcome to Week 1 of the HACCP Mentor Food Safety HACCP Challenge! Before we start I would like to say a big thank you to all of you that have shown interest in participating in this food safety education and compliance initiative. The response has been nothing short of fantastic.
Quick Background
If this is the first time you have visited www.haccpmentor.com here is a quick run-down of the Challenge. The Food Safety HACCP Challenge is FREE and involves implementing one HACCP food safety strategy every week for the next 50 weeks regardless of any of your planned verification activities. The FSH Challenge aims to keep you motivated, focussed and gives you the opportunity to spread the word about HACCP and food safety. It is also a great way to evidence business and management commitment. Click here for more information.
The Challenge
To kick thing off out first Food Safety HACCP Challenge is to check that all pest bait maps line up with documented map.
How to do this Food Safety HACCP Challenge
Step 1: Print off or grab a copy of your documented pest control map
Step 2: Walk around your production facility to see if what is happening on the ground is reflected in your documented map. Don’t forget to check both inside and outside of your food production facility including boundary fence lines. Also check all the different types of pest control devices.
Step 3: If you find any inconsistencies, rectify them as required. This will be to update your documented pest map to reflect what is actually in practice.
Feedback
That is it – just an easy one to start off. I would love to know how you went with this Food Safety HACCP Challenge so just leave a comment below this post. You can also let me know on Twitter or Instagram by using #FSHChallenge
Got the pest control layout/map of the location from the contractor.Came to know that there are some stations which were not I have seen till now. Thanks for the eye opening activity
You are very welcome Thameem. I am glad you found completing this activity helpful.
thank you for providing valuable knowledge for foods
You are very welcome Pankaj
Thank you for the challenges. New to this site and love it. I am from South Africa and accepted the challenge and surprisingly found other issues with my pest control management system.
Thanks for the feedback Ashraf. I am glad you like the site 🙂
Thank you very much it really helping me a lot
You are very welcome Babalwa
Thanks Di – happy to inspire anytime.
Thanks for your feedback Lee. To get more people involved in food safety in your business you can allocate this mini check to any of your food handlers. Set up a weekly schedule to help share the responsibility around. Thanks again!
Good Day to the Team,
This week challenge is quite easy but then again eve it is easy we must be as “Brilliant at the Basic” because implementing the basic rule is our key foundation to enable us to implement more
complicated and succeeding process in whatever system we are implementing.
After checking our map we found out that all bait station were in its proper
place and all insect killer with busted bulb were reported to engineering for
checking and changing of bulb.
Thank you very much for this activity and more power,
Lexter
Thanks Lexter. That is a good point to encourage people to be “Brilliant at the Basics”.
This is an easy one, because I check the pest control stations every week and they were last checked on Friday. Everything is where it belongs and the maps are correct.
Great Job. Things are always easier when there is a routine and a system in place.
Hi ,
This was extra easy for me because we just had our SQF audit last week and I walked with our pest control tech to verify all traps were correct on the site map and areas were cleaned and organized. ( but I checked again today anyway).
Thank you for starting these challenges I believe it is great to have a website that is dedicated to HACCP and SQF without a million pop ups or advertisements !
Thank you Again !
John
Thank you John for your kind words. I am glad that your find the HACCP Mentor site beneficial. Let me know ho you go with the upcoming challenges #FSHChallenge 🙂