Guidance on food safety management systems for small food retailers (SFR-FSMS): the application of hazard identification, ranking and control in butcher, grocery, bakery, fish and ice cream shops
This guidance was extracted from the Opinion of the Panel on Biological Hazards of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on "Hazard analysis approaches for certain small retail establishments in view of the application of their food safety management systems".
The full Opinion is available at http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4697 and provides additional background information relevant for this guidance. For quotation purposes, no reference should be made to this guidance but to the original Opinion.
Butcher, grocery, bakery, fish and ice cream shops may apply the ‘simplified approach’ to food safety management as described in this guidance and in the Opinion. While this general approach may be used it is important that individual retail establishments tailor their food safety management system in a clear and user-friendly way based on the specific processes (stages) and products relevant to their business.
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