With respect to HACCP plan validation, the USDA requires members of the food ind

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With respect to HACCP plan validation, the USDA requires members of the food industry it regulates to engage two fundamental types of process validation/verification. The first set of process methods should be implemented while the HACCP plan is being developed, at the ______ stage. Examples include scientific research papers by experts in peer-reviewed journal papers that demonstrate the antimicrobial efficacy of a process intervention that is going to be used in the plant under identical or similar conditions as that in the research paper, or microbiological growth predictive models that quantify the probability of microbial growth under certain conditions (e.g., salt content, pH, low temperature).

Explanation / Answer

The HACCP plan implemented at all stages of a food chain, from food production and preparation processes including packaging, distribution, so as to prevent biological, chemical, and physical hazards in production processes that can cause the finished product to be unsafe, and designs measurements to reduce these risks to a safe level. The HACCP plan is for prevention of hazards rather than finished product inspection.

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