FEED CHAIN GLOSSARY
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Sixteen terms to navigate feed safety, controls and certification. Introductory definitions to use alongside applicable documents.
- HACCP
- A method for identifying and controlling significant product-safety hazards.
- PRP
- Prerequisite programme: basic conditions and activities supporting process safety.
- CCP
- Critical control point identified through HACCP analysis, with defined criteria and monitoring.
- FSMS / FeSMS
- Food or feed safety management system, depending on context.
- FSA
- Feed Safety Assurance: the GMP+ module addressing feed safety.
- FRA
- Feed Responsibility Assurance: the GMP+ module for responsibility requirements and claims.
- IDTF
- International Database Transport for Feed: a reference for transport classifications and cleaning where applicable.
- Gatekeeping
- A purchasing route subject to specific conditions, rather than a general exemption from approval.
- Traceability
- Ability to reconstruct a product’s origin, processing and destinations through linked information.
- Validation
- Evidence that a control measure can achieve its intended result under defined conditions.
- Verification
- Evidence-based assessment of compliance with and adequacy of intended arrangements.
- Corrective action
- Action addressing the cause of a nonconformity, with an effectiveness check to prevent recurrence.
- Feed fraud
- Intentional deception in the feed supply chain for economic benefit.
- Feed defence
- Measures addressing intentional threats to the product and process.
- Scope
- The activities, products and sites covered by a system or certification.
- Gap analysis
- Comparison of the current situation with applicable criteria to identify gaps.
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