SQF Edition 10 Highlighted Requirements -Change Management

Under SQF Code Module 2.3.5 Change Management, the following are the exact requirements listed in the code.

The site shall document and implement a procedure to evaluate any changes, including temporary, emergency, unplanned, or those made as a result of the corrective action process, that could impact food safety or the food safety system to ensure that controls are still effective.

This procedure, at a minimum, shall include changes in:

1. Product formulations and manufacturing processes for products included in the scope of certification;
2. Materials, ingredients, labels, other inputs, or equipment;
3. Specifications for raw materials and packaging, chemicals, processing aids, contract services, and finished products; and
4. The food safety plan including critical control limits.

Changes shall be confirmed or validated, documented and communicated, as necessary, in a time frame that ensures food safety is maintained.

Let’s talk about change management. Change management is not a new thing. When we teach HACCP or Preventive Control Plan for Human Foods, we always talk about what to do when we have changes.

Unassessed changes in food safety can create a potential health risk or a product recall, which defeats our purpose of maintaining a food safety program. That is why change management is getting its own special attention. 

What we have done here for our Change Management Procedures and Form Template is

1. Give you a procedure in detail on potential changes as per the above requirements + what to look for
2. Formalize change management in both pre-approval and post-approval to ensure these changes are verified and communicated.

This bundle includes:

1. Change Management Procedures
2. Change Management Form for Input Changes (eg. Ingredients)
3. Change Management Form for Unprecedented Changes
4. Change Management Form for Process Flow Changes, HACCP and Food Safety Plan Changes
5. Change Management Form for Service Providers and Related Change
6. Change Management Form for Label Changes

Bonus!

Our Change Management procedures/forms come as pre-customized documents, saving you more time in developing and editing the documents.

Once you purchase the document, we will send you an email to request your customization details for the specific position/role in your company, so that it is built more to your specific company processes and forms that you can directly use.