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.