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INTRODUCTION
A Sanitation Standard Operating Procedure (SSOP) Manual was developed by FDC to serve as
the industry collaborator's guide in establishing plant hygiene and sanitation in its operations.
Documented SSOP is one of the prerequisite programs of HACCP that must be effectively operating
before the HACCP plan is developed and implemented (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry - Food
Assurance Group, 1999).
Establishment of a Sanitation Standard Operating Procedure (SSOP) and development of Hazard
Analysis Critical control Point (HACCP) Plan were the outputs of the project on the development of a
HACCP Based Quality Control Program for Vitamin A Fortified Peanut Butter. The project aimed to
ensure that vitamin A peanut butter would be safe and consistent in quality per production batch that
would lead to accreditation by the Department of Health’s Sangkap Pinoy Seal Program.
OBJECTIVES
1. To develop a guide for the establishment of industry specific procedures for the control of sanitary
practices in the manufacture of Vitamin A fortified peanut butter.
2. To ensure that the benefits of better nutritional quality in a vitamin A fortified product are not negated
by problems arising from sanitation deficiencies.
Establishment of Collaboration
METHODS
The identified industry collaborator for this activity was the one that received the technology for
vitamin A fortified peanut butter developed separately by FDC in this project (Proposal for R&D
collaboration is shown in Appendix A).
As an initial activity, a Seminar on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) was conducted by FDC
for 59 plant workers, manager, consultant and the owner of the plant. Two plant inspections were then
conducted; the first inspection was to assess the initial plant condition and the second, to determine the
extent of improvements made on the plant
The sanitary procedures for the eight areas in food processing requiring sanitation control
prescribed in 21 CFR Part 123.10 of the USFDA, were modified and adopted to peanut butter
manufacturing and vitamin A fortification.
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