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Food Safety System Prerequisite Program PAS 223:2011 in Manufacture and Food Packaging

Friday, August 1, 2014

PAS 223:2011
The British Standards Institution, BSI, has launched a new standard to streamline food safety systems between food manufacturers and the packaging they use for their products.
Personal Hygiene in Food Preparation Areas: Key to Delivering a Safe Product
This PAS is intended to meet requirements for PRP's specified in ISO 22000:2005 and PAS is not a management system standard to be used as in isolation. 
Basic Information about PAS 223:2011 
The main contents are 

  1. Scope
  2. Normative references
  3. Terms and definitions
  4. Establishments
  5. Layout and Work Space includes design
  6. Utilities includes water, air quality, compressed air and other gases, Lighting
  7. Waste includes drain and drainage
  8.  Equipment suitability and maintenance
  9. Purchased materials and services
  10. Contamination and migration
  11. Cleaning include programs
  12. Pest control
  13. Personnel hygiene and facilities
  14. Rework include usage
  15. Withdrawal Procedures 
  16. Storage and transport
  17. Food packaging information and consumer awareness
  18. Food defense, bio-vigilance and bio-terrorism (FSSC 22000 Guidance on PAS 223 Section 16 & 18)
  19.  Food packaging design and development
  20. Specifications
  21. Process Validation
More information about contents will be updated in coming days

 

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