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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify and assess food safety hazards and related control options for heat treatment processes
   • Identify microbiological food safety hazards that could present a risk in the food at the point of consumption, by type, origin and food association level, and assess to determine the significance of the hazard
   • Identify heat treatment processes, control requirements and methods to ensure that finished, heat-treated products meet food safety objectives
2. Confirm that appropriate evidence supports validation of the heat treatment process
   • Review validation evidence and records to confirm that an appropriate level of validation has been applied
   • Identify and assess evidence used by the business to validate the process to confirm that it is credible and adequate to achieve the food safety objective
3. Confirm verification of the food safety program for a heat treatment process
   • Identify, collect and review system records required to support verification
   • Review business documentation and conduct inspections to confirm that facilities and equipment design and components comply with regulatory and business standards
   • Review business documentation and conduct inspections to confirm that operational monitoring and testing procedures and frequency meet regulatory requirements, and industry and business standards