Vegan Food CCPs
Raw Material Receiving and Quality Inspection
- Control Point: Ensure all incoming vegan ingredients meet safety and quality standards (e.g., free from animal products, contaminants).
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Supplier management module tracks incoming shipments, inspections, certifications, and testing results (e.g., allergen levels, contaminants).
- Monitoring: Automated tracking of inspection data and test results through InterlinkIQ’s material verification system.
- Critical Limit: Raw materials must comply with vegan certification standards and pass quality checks, managed through InterlinkIQ’s quality control module.
Storage of Raw Vegan Ingredients
- 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 to ensure no cross-contamination occurs.
- Monitoring: Continuous monitoring with automated alerts for temperature, humidity, or contamination risks through InterlinkIQ’s environmental control system.
- Critical Limit: Storage conditions must adhere to specified temperature and humidity ranges, managed through InterlinkIQ’s system.
Vegan Processing and Mixing
- Control Point: Ensure proper processing and mixing of vegan ingredients to maintain quality and prevent contamination.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Process monitoring module tracks equipment performance, mixing times, and ingredient ratios to ensure compliance with vegan standards.
- Monitoring: Real-time monitoring of processing conditions logged through InterlinkIQ’s mixing control system.
- Critical Limit: All processing parameters must meet vegan quality and safety standards, verified through InterlinkIQ’s tracking system.
Cooking or Heating Processes
- Control Point: Ensure cooking or heating processes effectively eliminate harmful microorganisms while maintaining vegan integrity.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Thermal processing module monitors cooking temperatures, times, and controls in real time to ensure vegan compliance.
- Monitoring: Continuous logging of temperature and time data via InterlinkIQ’s thermal process control system.
- Critical Limit: Cooking parameters must meet safety standards while preserving vegan integrity, managed through InterlinkIQ’s process control system.
Cooling and Stabilization
- Control Point: Control cooling processes to prevent microbial growth and preserve product quality.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Cooling control module tracks cooling times and temperatures to ensure rapid cooling without compromising vegan standards.
- Monitoring: Real-time monitoring of cooling conditions through InterlinkIQ’s environmental control system.
- Critical Limit: Cooling must occur within specified timeframes to prevent spoilage, managed through InterlinkIQ.
Quality Control and Allergen Management
- Control Point: Prevent cross-contact with allergens and non-vegan ingredients during processing.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Allergen management module monitors cleaning validation, equipment segregation, and allergen testing procedures to ensure vegan compliance.
- Monitoring: Continuous tracking of allergen control measures, with real-time alerts for deviations via InterlinkIQ.
- Critical Limit: No cross-contact with allergens or non-vegan substances, verified through InterlinkIQ’s tracking and validation system.
Packaging and Sealing
- Control Point: Ensure proper packaging and sealing to maintain product integrity and prevent contamination.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Packaging control module monitors seal integrity, packaging defects, and compliance with vegan packaging requirements 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 for Vegan Products
- Control Point: Ensure finished vegan products are free from metal contaminants.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Metal detection control module tracks detector calibration, operation, and performance, ensuring compliance with vegan standards.
- 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 for Vegan Foods
- Control Point: Ensure finished vegan products meet microbial safety, allergen limits, and quality standards.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Finished product testing module tracks microbial and quality tests on finished vegan 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 for Vegan Foods
- Control Point: Ensure full traceability of all raw materials and finished vegan products.
- InterlinkIQ Feature: Traceability module tracks batch numbers, supplier details, and production data in real time to ensure compliance with vegan standards.
- 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.