What is the relationship between HACCP and an Approved Arrangement?
HACCP is an integral part of the Approved Arrangement. – The HACCP system is a system of documenting your particular food processing activities and identifying specific hazards that may occur and measures for their control to ensure the resultant food is fit for human consumption. The Approved Arrangement must contain a HACCP Plan. Details of what must be contained in a HACCP plan can be found under Schedule 2 Clause 3 of the Export Control (Fish and Fish Products) Orders 2005. The Approved Arrangement is the manual that documents your organizational structure, policies and all of your operational procedures, that is, how you will go about ensuring that your food products are fit for human consumption (Support Programs, GMP – Good Manufacturing Programs, Pre-requisite Programs) and that they continue to comply with importing country requirements and the Export Control (Fish and Fish Products) Orders 2005 – including how you will meet requirements for traceability, trade description and
