TRACEABILITY

EEC Regulation N°. 178 requires all food workers to be traceable, it doesn't indicate which system should be used, simply that whatever system is used, it must be possible to obtain all the necessary information about the goods produced by any given operator.

To this end, we believe that the necessary information regarding a pastry cook, or a baker, can be summarised by a few simple elements.

All the information necessary to satisfy the requirements of the regulation can be recorded on two paper (or electronic, if preferred) documents.


The first document to be implemented (if not already in use) is a RAW MATERIALS REGISTER.

This register must be used to keep a daily record of the materials received from suppliers; the following is an example of how this document might be laid out:

This register is used to control all the materials entering the Company to be used in preparing the products.
The second document is a PRODUCTION CHART, the following is an example of how this document might be laid out:

The production date may be used in place of the batch number in order to make it easier to trace the documents if required.