Abstract
Driven by consumer demands, European legislation has suggested the use of HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) as the quality risk management programme for the whole dairy chain. Until now, an exception has been made for primary producers, but as regulations evolve, on-farm HACCP-like programmes should be ready to assure food safety as well as animal health and animal welfare. In our field experiment, the HACCP-concept was used to combine both optimal farm management and formalisation of quality assurance in an on-farm situation in the Netherlands. The process of young stock rearing was chosen, since its importance for the future of the farm is often underestimated. Hazards and their associated risk factors can be controlled within the farm-specific standards and tolerances, as targets can be controlled by corrective measures and by implementation of farm-specific worksheets. The veterinarian is pivotal for the facility-based HACCP team, since he/she has knowledge about on-farm risk assessment and relations between clinical pathology, feed and farm management. The HACCP concept in combination with veterinary herd health and production management programmes offers a promising approach to optimise on-farm production processes (i.e., young stock rearing) in addition to a structural approach for quality risk management on dairy farms.
Highlights
According to European legislation, the hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) concept has been applied in the food chain since 1998 and has been incorporated in the new food hygiene package since January 2006
Implementation of the HACCP concept may become compulsory for dairy farms, since this has already been suggested in European Union (EU) regulation 178-2002, the General Food Law (Maunsell and Bolton, 2004)
HACCP procedure Steps two and three In steps two and three, the team should identify the targets for young stock rearing
Summary
According to European legislation, the hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) concept has been applied in the food chain since 1998 and has been incorporated in the new food hygiene package since January 2006. Implementation of the HACCP concept may become compulsory for dairy farms, since this has already been suggested in EU regulation 178-2002, the General Food Law (Maunsell and Bolton, 2004). In response to these European regulations, Friesland Dairy Foods FDF (a Dutch dairy processing co-operative) recently introduced ‘Qarant’. This quality assurance programme starting at dairy farm level deals with food safety, animal health and animal welfare issues to take account of the demands of consumers and retailers
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