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STANDARDS & REGULATIONS

choose the suppliers with an international food safety • Procedure for safe disposal of waste, including
certification recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative medicinal raw materials and products, to ensure legal
(GFSI). Additionally, the assessment of outsourced suppliers compliance.
must span the key aspects such as product safety, • Animal primary conversion: the animal primary
traceability, HACCP verification, product safety and food conversion facility (processing animal meat such as red meat,
defense, validation plans for end products, and good poultry, or fish) must adhere to the specified regulations in
manufacturing practices. The audit must verify that these addition to other existing conditions listed in the standards
points form part of the suppliers’ product safety management for animal primary conversion, which includes, for example,
systems and are fulfilled in accordance with relevant entrails or blood. Said facility can apply for the BRCGS
guidelines. If a second- or third-party auditor is to carry out certification. The manufacturing facility must adhere to the
this task, only a certified, experienced, and competent auditor regulatory measures to guarantee that the products are safe
for product safety is allowed to conduct the supplier and suitable for further application.
inspection. X-ray equipment testing procedure
• Extension of site standards, site security, and food Equipment testing procedure must consist of the
defense: the food operator must establish preventive following:
measures against malicious activities targeting its products, • The use of test samples in adequate, round shape
sites, and brands under the company’s management. If the (such as general contaminants) with clearly defined diameter.
personnel are involved in the assessment of threats and food To choose an appropriate test sample, all potential risks must
defense, said persons or teams must understand the food be taken into account. Also, the size and nature of said object
defense-related risks that may potentially occur in the must be clearly indicated.
manufacturing facility, and such understanding also includes • The test samples must be used separately in each test.
the knowledge of the manufacturing site and food defense • The test is conducted to verify whether the detection
principles. and sorting systems can function properly under normal
• Equipment The food operator must have the circumstances.
documents detailing the purchase conditions of new • An X-ray equipment test is conducted when a
equipment, including relevant laws and food-contact surface continuous-flow test kit containing a test sample is dispatched
requirements. To ensure legal compliance, the purpose of through the X-ray machine at normal conveyor speed similar
equipment usage, the types of materials to be used, and the to that of any general production line.
nature of raw materials must be specified. The approval from • The error-prevention function is tested as part of the
a multi-disciplinary team must also be obtained and detection and sorting systems. Once the X-ray equipment
provided. is installed on the conveyor belt, a test sample must be
Pet food and animal feed: dispatched to the area of minimum sensitivity of the X-ray
The manufacturing, processing, or packing facility of pet equipment, such as near the origin of the radiation or near
food and animal feed containing medicinal substances must the equipment. If possible, consider using a test sample
adhere to a protocol established specifically for the handling contained in a clearly identified packaging sample of the food
of medicine ingredients and end products. Such protocol product in the X-ray equipment test.
must at least feature the following aspects: If the X-ray equipment is used in the production line, the
• Information of medicine-containing materials being test sample must be placed in all the possible critical points
processed in the manufacturing facility: these materials to verify the product flow. Also, the operational time of the
include, for example, raw materials, processing agents sorting system must be checked for its optimum efficiency
used in the production, end products, reprocessed to ensure the elimination of any detected contaminant. The
products, new products, or ingredients used in product production line equipment test must be completed
development. between the times where the production line begins and
• Approval of suppliers for all medicinal raw materials ends.
• Training of personnel on proper and specific management In general, the major changes emphasize on the
of medicine involvement of every department as well as the development
• Plan to ensure correct concentration of medicinal and application of food safety culture and engineering,
substances in end products with a strong focus on the standardization of machinery and
• Measures (such as sanitizing process) to prevent equipment that affect food safety.
contamination of non-medical pet food or animal feed not
containing medicinal substances.
• Specific protocol to ensure proper labeling of pet food
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