Hazard Analysis, Significance and Control Measures
Identifying hazards at each step, assessing likelihood and severity, selecting significant hazards and matching effective controls.
How to prepare for Level 2 HACCP
Confirm your provider's assessment first, then connect every term and principle to the food, process step, control, evidence and action required in the workplace.
Core concepts
Concept 1
hazard identification at each process step
Exam cue: State the specific hazard, why it is reasonably likely and severe enough to matter, and how it will be controlled.
Concept 2
likelihood and severity assessment using relevant evidence
Exam cue: Consider raw material, process, environment, people, intended use and existing GHP when assessing significance.
Concept 3
selection of significant hazards requiring control in the plan
Concept 4
control measures and combinations capable of achieving the required outcome
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Listing only broad categories without naming the specific hazard and process step.
Guardrail: Do not treat provider-specific exam rules as universal, call every control a CCP, invent a critical limit, confuse monitoring with verification or change a record to hide a deviation.
Choosing a familiar control without evidence that it controls the hazard under actual conditions.
Guardrail: Do not treat provider-specific exam rules as universal, call every control a CCP, invent a critical limit, confuse monitoring with verification or change a record to hide a deviation.
Memory anchors
Hazard analysis question
What can go wrong here, how likely and severe is it, and what control is capable of managing it?
Significance
A reasoned decision using likelihood, severity and the effectiveness of existing controls.
Step-specific
The same hazard may have different significance or control at receipt, processing, packing and distribution.
Control combination
More than one measure may work together to prevent, eliminate or reduce a hazard.
Evidence sources
Law, official guidance, scientific literature, supplier data, incidents, complaints, testing and site experience.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
What is the first task of hazard analysis at a process step?
How is hazard significance commonly judged?
Answer all questions to submit.
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