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Module 5 of 7 · HACCP · Principle 5

Corrective actions

When monitoring detects that a critical limit has been exceeded, you need to act immediately: on the process and on the affected product.

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Action on the process

Restore control of the CCP before resuming production, identifying the cause of the deviation.

Action on the affected product

Determine what to do with product made while the CCP was out of control: conditional release, rework or destruction.

Recording the corrective action

Every deviation and its corrective action are documented, including who was responsible for the decision.

What an auditor usually asks for

  • A predefined corrective action procedure per CCP
  • A deviation log with its corrective action
  • Traceability of the product affected during the deviation
  • The decision owner identified in every case

How to cover corrective actions in Kimobox

  1. 1Log every CCP deviation as a nonconformity linked to the affected process.
  2. 2Document the corrective action and its owner directly in the system.
  3. 3Use batch traceability to identify the product affected by the deviation.

The product affected by a deviation stays identified by batch, ready to decide its fate without wasting time.

See batch traceability and certificates in Kimobox

Where each figure comes from

References to the official text in force. If a standard is revised, this page is updated and the review date says so.

  1. Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs EUR-Lex · 29 April 2004
  2. General Principles of Food Hygiene, CXC 1-1969 Codex Alimentarius (FAO/WHO) · 2020 revision
  3. Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls EUR-Lex · 15 March 2017
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