Elements and Performance Criteria
- Supervise the preparation of the packaging materials for thermal processing
- Supervise food preparation and filling of containers
- Identify the quality requirements of raw materials for processing
- Ensure procedures for dicing and slicing are correctly performed
- Implement the blanching process using either steam, water, microwaves or hot gas
- Apply filling procedures for syrups and brines to produce the specified headspace
- Weigh containers with headspaces and record drained and net weights
- Carry out exhausting to remove all gases from the headspace and oxygen from the container
- Monitor closing of the container
- Ensure hermetic sealing of processed food product
- Eliminate harmful microorganisms in the hermetic sealing or canning of low acid foods
- Assess the impact of acidification in relation to hermetic sealing or canning of low acid foods
- Monitor retort operation
- Review thermal processing operation