Poultry CCPs
Raw Poultry Receiving and Quality Inspection
- Control Point: Ensure all incoming poultry products meet safety and quality standards (e.g., temperature, appearance, and microbiological limits).
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Supplier management module tracks incoming poultry shipments, inspections, and testing results (e.g., pathogen testing).
- Monitoring: Automated tracking of inspection data and test results through InterlinkIQ’s material verification system.
- Critical Limit: Poultry must pass quality and safety checks, with data managed through InterlinkIQ’s quality control module.
Storage of Raw Poultry
- Control Point: Maintain optimal storage conditions to prevent spoilage and contamination.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Storage monitoring module tracks real-time temperature, humidity, and pest control measures in storage areas.
- Monitoring: Continuous monitoring with automated alerts for temperature or humidity deviations via InterlinkIQ’s environmental control system.
- Critical Limit: Storage conditions must meet specified temperature and humidity ranges, managed through InterlinkIQ.
Poultry Processing (Evisceration and Cutting)
- Control Point: Ensure proper processing techniques to avoid cross-contamination and maintain product safety.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Process monitoring module tracks equipment efficiency, hygiene practices, and adherence to processing protocols.
- Monitoring: Real-time monitoring of processing conditions and practices logged through InterlinkIQ’s processing control system.
- Critical Limit: All processing must follow food safety standards, verified through InterlinkIQ’s monitoring system.
Chilling and Refrigeration
- Control Point: Control temperature during chilling to reduce microbial growth and ensure product safety.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Chilling process module monitors chilling times, temperatures, and equipment performance.
- Monitoring: Continuous logging of chilling parameters via InterlinkIQ’s thermal process control system.
- Critical Limit: Chilling must meet specified temperature limits to ensure safety, managed through InterlinkIQ.
Marination (If Applicable)
- Control Point: Ensure marination processes are conducted safely to prevent cross-contamination and maintain quality.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Marination control module tracks ingredient usage, marination times, and temperatures.
- Monitoring: Real-time monitoring of marination conditions with alerts for deviations through InterlinkIQ’s marination control system.
- Critical Limit: All marination parameters must comply with food safety standards, verified through InterlinkIQ’s monitoring system.
Cooking Process
- Control Point: Ensure cooking processes reach required temperatures to eliminate harmful microorganisms.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Thermal processing module tracks cooking times, temperatures, and process controls in real time.
- Monitoring: Continuous logging of cooking data via InterlinkIQ’s thermal process control system.
- Critical Limit: Cooking temperatures must meet safety standards to ensure pathogen destruction, managed through InterlinkIQ’s process control system
Cooling and Storage of Cooked Poultry
- Control Point: Control temperature during cooling to prevent the growth of bacteria.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Cooling module monitors temperatures and cooling times of cooked poultry.
- Monitoring: Continuous monitoring of cooling conditions through InterlinkIQ’s environmental control system.
- Critical Limit: Cooling must occur within specified time frames and temperatures to ensure safety, managed through InterlinkIQ.
Packaging and Sealing
- Control Point: Ensure proper packaging and sealing to prevent contamination and spoilage.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Packaging control module monitors seal integrity, packaging defects, and tamper-proofing in real time.
- Monitoring: Automated monitoring of packaging processes and real-time alerts for defects, logged through InterlinkIQ’s packaging control system.
- Critical Limit: Packaging must be sealed properly with no defects, managed via InterlinkIQ’s packaging integrity system
Metal Detection
- Control Point: Ensure finished poultry products are free from metal contaminants.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Metal detection control module tracks detector calibration, operation, and performance.
- Monitoring: Continuous tracking of metal detection performance, with real-time alerts for anomalies through InterlinkIQ’s metal detection monitoring system.
- Critical Limit: No metal contamination should be detected, verified through InterlinkIQ’s metal detection control system.
Finished Product Testing
- Control Point: Ensure finished poultry products meet microbiological safety, quality standards, and label claims.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Finished product testing module tracks microbial, quality, and label claim tests for finished poultry products.
- Monitoring: Automated tracking of test results and real-time alerts for deviations through InterlinkIQ’s product testing system.
- Critical Limit: Finished products must pass all safety and quality tests, managed through InterlinkIQ’s product testing module.
Traceability and Recall Procedures
- Control Point: Ensure full traceability of all raw materials and finished poultry products.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Traceability module tracks batch numbers, supplier details, and production data in real time.
- Monitoring: Continuous traceability is logged via InterlinkIQ’s system, ensuring quick recall management when necessary.
- Critical Limit: 100% traceability is required, with all data captured in InterlinkIQ’s recall and traceability system.