Soup CCPs

Raw Material Receiving and Quality Inspection

  • Control Point: Ensure all incoming ingredients (vegetables, meats, spices) meet safety and quality standards.
  • InterlinkIQ Feature: Supplier management module tracks incoming shipments, inspections, and testing results (e.g., microbial counts, pesticide residues).
  • Monitoring: Automated tracking of inspection data and test results through InterlinkIQ’s material verification system.
  • Critical Limit: Ingredients must pass quality and safety checks, with data managed through InterlinkIQ’s quality control module.

Storage of Raw Ingredients

  • Control Point: Maintain optimal storage conditions to prevent spoilage and contamination of raw ingredients.
  • InterlinkIQ Feature: Storage monitoring module tracks real-time temperature, humidity, and pest control 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.

Preparation and Cutting of Ingredients

  • Control Point: Ensure proper washing, cutting, and preparation of ingredients to prevent cross-contamination.
  • InterlinkIQ Feature: Preparation control module tracks washing procedures, cutting equipment sanitation, and employee hygiene practices.
  • Monitoring: Real-time monitoring of preparation conditions and sanitation procedures, logged through InterlinkIQ’s food safety control system.
  • Critical Limit: All preparation steps must meet hygiene and safety standards, verified through InterlinkIQ’s monitoring system.

Cooking Process

  • Control Point: Ensure the cooking process reaches the necessary temperature and time to eliminate harmful microorganisms.
  • InterlinkIQ Feature: Thermal processing module monitors cooking temperatures, times, and process controls in real time.
  • Monitoring: Continuous logging of temperature and time data via InterlinkIQ’s thermal process control system.
  • Critical Limit: Cooking parameters must meet food safety standards, managed through InterlinkIQ’s process control system.

Cooling Process

  • Control Point: Rapidly cool soups to prevent bacterial growth after cooking.
  • InterlinkIQ Feature: Cooling control module tracks cooling rates and temperatures to ensure compliance with cooling protocols.
  • Monitoring: Continuous monitoring of cooling conditions with alerts for deviations via InterlinkIQ’s cooling control system.
  • Critical Limit: Soups must be cooled to safe temperatures within specified timeframes, verified through InterlinkIQ’s monitoring system.

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 with 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 soup products are free from metal contaminants.
  • InterlinkIQ Feature: Metal detection control module tracks detector calibration, operation, and testing.
  • 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 soups meet microbial safety, quality standards, and ingredient specifications.
  • InterlinkIQ Feature: Finished product testing module tracks microbial, quality, and ingredient tests on finished soup 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 soup 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.

InterlinkIQ software facilitates efficient monitoring and management of CCPs in soup processing. From raw material receiving and storage to preparation, cooking, and packaging, InterlinkIQ enhances food safety through real-time tracking, automated alerts, and compliance management. The system’s comprehensive traceability module ensures quick recall procedures, making it an essential tool for maintaining the safety and quality of soup processing operations.

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