The hazard control plan - CCPs, limits, monitoring and corrections
Plain-language summary
Document the live plan for controlling significant hazards: critical control points and operational PRPs, their limits, how you monitor them, and what you do when they fail (HACCP principles 2-5).
What the clause is really asking
This is the operating heart of HACCP made concrete. For each significant hazard's control, you set critical limits or action criteria, define monitoring (how, how often, by whom), and pre-define corrections and corrective actions for when monitoring shows loss of control. It covers HACCP principles on CCPs, critical limits, monitoring, and corrective action - the rules people actually follow at the line.
What auditors look for
Auditors examine the control plan against practice: are critical limits clear and measurable, is monitoring happening at the stated frequency by competent people, are deviations being detected and the right corrections and corrective actions taken on the affected product. They will look hard at any deviation record.
Typical evidence
Hazard control plan / HACCP plan; CCP and OPRP monitoring records; critical limits and action criteria; deviation and corrective-action records; product disposition decisions
How to comply — recommendations
Write critical limits that are measurable and unambiguous, with monitoring assigned to competent, available people at a frequency that catches loss of control in time. Spell out exactly what to do when a limit is breached - both the immediate correction and the corrective action - and what happens to affected product. Make sure deviations are always recorded and acted on.
Common nonconformities
Vague or unmeasurable critical limits; monitoring frequency too low to catch failures; deviations not recorded; affected product released without proper disposition
Related clauses
ISO 22000 8.5.3, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9; Codex HACCP principles 2-5
Qlause provides interpretive guidance only and is not a substitute for the standard. Refer to your licensed copy of the relevant standard for the authoritative text.