Approval is required before receiving the ingredient.

Approval is required before receiving the ingredient.

• A. Before
• B. After
• C. Both before and after
• D. Not required

Answer: (A)

Having an approved supplier before receiving any ingredient is a fundamental control in preventive controls for food safety. The facility must evaluate and approve suppliers to ensure they can consistently provide ingredients that meet your safety, quality, and regulatory specifications, and to have documented evidence of those controls before material enters your site. Approving in advance allows you to verify that hazards associated with the ingredient are understood and controlled, and that all required specifications and records will be available at receipt. If approval were required only after receipt, unsafe or nonconforming material could enter the process, undermining the preventive controls plan. The option of requiring approval both before and after is unnecessary, since the key requirement is pre-receipt approval. Saying it’s not required contradicts the established supplier-approval practice.

Having an approved supplier before receiving any ingredient is a fundamental control in preventive controls for food safety. The facility must evaluate and approve suppliers to ensure they can consistently provide ingredients that meet your safety, quality, and regulatory specifications, and to have documented evidence of those controls before material enters your site. Approving in advance allows you to verify that hazards associated with the ingredient are understood and controlled, and that all required specifications and records will be available at receipt.

If approval were required only after receipt, unsafe or nonconforming material could enter the process, undermining the preventive controls plan. The option of requiring approval both before and after is unnecessary, since the key requirement is pre-receipt approval. Saying it’s not required contradicts the established supplier-approval practice.