What is HACCP?
It is a food safety management system which takes a systematic, preventative approach to food safety.
In other words, it is about ensuring food safety from farm (first step in food chain) to fork (to the consumer).
History of HACCP
- 1958-- Concept discussions at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
- 1959-- Development of the HACCP concept to assure one hundred percent safety of food to be used in space.
- 1971-- The HACCP system was published and documented in the USA.
- 1985-- The National Academy of Science (NAS) recommended the use of the system worldwide.