Lionel MURAT
Lionel est co-fondateur de CIKLab. Ancien responsable de contrôle qualité, il est spécialisé dans la sous-traitance des analyses alimentaires.
How to create robust monitoring and Food Safety control Plans ?
- Lionel MURAT
In the food industry, maintaining food safety involves precise management of analytical monitoring plans that cover products, processes, and the production environment. Discover how CIKLab facilitates the planning of food control analysis !
What is a monitoring plan in the food industry ?
In the food industry, quality control tests are grouped into a structured set of analyses known as the self-monitoring plan. Its aim is to ensure product compliance with criteria, standards, and regulations that are designed to guarantee food safety.
For most manufacturers, these self-monitoring plans are often divided into two main categories :
- The quality control plans
- The monitoring plans
The control plan generally deals with the release analyses that need to be performed on a batch. These analyses are carried out systematically and sometimes periodically. The monitoring plan, on the other hand, allows in the majority of cases to track and monitor specific contaminants at intervals that vary depending on the chosen frequency.
Control plans and monitoring plans are developed following a risk assessment that lists all hazards, their criticality, their means of detection, and control.
What are the different types of monitoring plans in the food industry ?
Monitoring plans for quality control department
Staying pragmatic, for quality control services in the food industry, the monitoring plan and the control plan are sometimes interlinked, but the monitoring plan is often associated with controls and the detection of contaminants.
It verifies that all control measures taken throughout the manufacturing process keep the potential presence of these contaminants below regulatory thresholds and/or those defined in the risk assessment. This might include, for example, mycotoxins in cereal-based raw materials, or the emergence of ‘neo-formed’ compounds during a manufacturing process like acrylamide. Thus, this type of plan helps keep under surveillance: the manufacturing environment, the product, the process, and the [Product & Process] combination.
Examples of monitoring plans :
- Raw material monitoring plan
- Process monitoring plan
- Packaging monitoring plan
- Water monitoring plan
- Environmental monitoring plans
How can you automate your analytical monitoring plans with CIKLab?
# Selecting and integrating analyses
#Automatic links to laboratories
# Choice of analysis frequency
# Automatic reminders of checks
Why is CIKLab the best solution for monitoring plans?
- Analyses (internal and external),
- Subcontracted laboratories,
- Specifications
- Analysis frequencies.
- Schedules and automatic reminders
What are the advantages of CIKLab for managing monitoring plans?
CIKLab has been specially designed to meet the management needs of analytical control plans in the food industry. This application offers undeniable added value in terms of planning, subcontracting analyses and managing external laboratories.
Whether using CIKLab on its own or connecting it to other tools, Food Quality Managers benefit from the best approach to comprehensive and efficient management of monitoring plans.
- Customization and automation of analysis frequencies : the application enables you to define precise analysis frequencies, automates deadlines and guarantees regular controls, so you'll never miss a deadline again!
- Automatic test planning : CIKLab automates test planning with subcontracting laboratories, for efficient management of monitoring plans. It automatically calculates and reminds you of deadlines for your periodic analyses.
- Simplified analysis management : CIKLab facilitates the integration and organization of analyses, reducing errors and enabling you to work with a network of specialized laboratories that are always up to date.
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