# HACCP Food Safety Plan > Draft and validate a HACCP Food Safety Plan for Food & Beverage operations aligned with Codex Alimentarius (CXC 1-1969, revised 2020) and FDA FSMA (21 CFR Part 117). Covers all seven HACCP principles across 12 Codex steps, defines CCPs and critical limits, and includes FSMA-required programs (allergen controls — including sesame per FASTER Act 2023, recall plan under 21 CFR 117.139, and supply-chain program under 21 CFR 117 Subpart G). Validates flow-chart-to-plan consistency and supports EU Reg 852/2004, 853/2004, and 2073/2005 compliance. Tags: Food Safety, HACCP, FDA FSMA, Codex Alimentarius, Compliance, Food & Beverage, Allergen Control, GFSI, EU Food Safety ## Example Prompts - Draft a HACCP plan for our ready-to-eat salad line - Check that every hazard in our flow chart has a monitoring step in the plan - Update our HACCP plan for FDA Preventive Controls compliance including sesame allergen controls - Define CCPs and critical limits for our pasteurization step - Draft the recall plan and supply-chain program sections required by FDA FSMA - Prepare our HACCP plan for a BRCGS Issue 9 audit URL: https://rakenne.app/skills/haccp-food-safety-plan/index.md Try this skill: https://rakenne.app/a/?skill=haccp-food-safety-plan ## Overview Draft and validate a complete HACCP Food Safety Plan for Food & Beverage operations. The skill covers all seven HACCP principles across the 12 Codex Alimentarius steps — from preliminary tasks through CCP monitoring and verification records. It aligns with FDA FSMA Preventive Controls (21 CFR Part 117), EU food safety regulations (852/2004, 853/2004, 2073/2005), and GFSI-benchmarked schemes such as BRCGS Issue 9. The skill checks that every hazard identified in your process flow chart has a corresponding CCP or control measure, defines critical limits and corrective actions, and validates FSMA-required programs including allergen controls (sesame per FASTER Act 2023), a recall plan (21 CFR 117.139), and a supply-chain program (21 CFR 117 Subpart G). ## When to use this skill Use this skill when you are: - **Launching a new product line** and need a HACCP plan from scratch — from preliminary tasks (team, product description, intended use) through hazard analysis, CCP determination, and monitoring procedures. - **Updating an existing plan** to comply with FDA FSMA Preventive Controls, including the 2023 FASTER Act sesame allergen requirement or a change in process flow. - **Preparing for a GFSI audit** (BRCGS Issue 9, SQF, FSSC 22000) and need to verify that your written plan is complete, consistent, and audit-ready. - **Auditing flow-chart-to-plan consistency** — confirming that every hazard step in the process flow has a documented CCP, monitoring step, and corrective action in the plan. - **Drafting FSMA-required programs** for recall, supply-chain controls, or allergen preventive controls that must accompany the HACCP plan. Typical users include food safety managers, quality engineers, regulatory affairs specialists, and plant managers at food manufacturers, co-packers, and food service operations. ## Getting Started Add your process flow chart, existing HACCP plan drafts, and any supporting materials (product description, ingredient specs, allergen matrix) to the project workspace, then activate the *HACCP Food Safety Plan* skill. Tell the agent your product category, applicable regulatory jurisdiction (FDA, EU, or both), and the audit scheme you are targeting. The agent will guide you through each Codex step in sequence. ## Example conversation > **You:** We're drafting a HACCP plan for our ready-to-eat cooked chicken line. FDA FSMA applies. We have a process flow chart with cooking, cooling, slicing, and packaging steps. > > **Agent:** I'll start from Preliminary Task 1. Let me capture the product description and intended use first, then work through hazard analysis for each step. For your cooking step, the significant biological hazard is *Salmonella* and *Listeria monocytogenes* — cooking to ≥74 °C (165 °F) is your CCP. What is your current validated critical limit for internal temperature? > > **You:** We validated 74 °C for 15 seconds. > > **Agent:** Noted. CCP-1 (Cook): critical limit 74 °C / 15 s, monitoring by continuous data logger every batch, corrective action is re-cook or reject. Moving to the cooling step — rapid cooling is required by FDA to prevent toxin formation. Is your cooling validated to reach 21 °C within 2 hours and 5 °C within an additional 4 hours? > > **You:** Yes. Also we need sesame allergen controls — sesame was added to our seasoning blend last year. > > **Agent:** I'll add sesame to your allergen preventive controls program under 21 CFR 117 Subpart C and draft the FASTER Act 2023 label review step. I'll also flag the seasoning supplier for inclusion in your supply-chain program under Subpart G. Running the flow-chart consistency check now… > > **Agent:** Flow-chart check complete. Every step has a documented control measure. Two gaps found: (1) the packaging step is missing a foreign-material control entry, (2) the recall plan section (21 CFR 117.139) references a "Recall Procedure v2" document not yet added to the workspace. ## Output excerpt Example flow-chart consistency validation: ``` ============================================================ HACCP Flow-Chart Consistency Check Product: Ready-to-Eat Cooked Chicken ============================================================ Step 1 — Receiving (Raw Chicken) OK: Biological hazard documented (Salmonella, Campylobacter) OK: Control measure — approved supplier program (Subpart G) Step 4 — Cook (CCP-1) OK: Critical limit defined (74 °C / 15 s) OK: Monitoring — continuous data logger OK: Corrective action — re-cook or reject Step 6 — Slice / Portion WARNING: Foreign-material hazard (metal, bone fragment) — no control measure documented. Add metal detector or X-ray as CCP or prerequisite. Step 7 — Package OK: Allergen label review step present (sesame — FASTER Act 2023) Recall Plan (21 CFR 117.139) WARNING: References "Recall Procedure v2" — file not found in workspace. Add the procedure or update the reference. Summary: 2 gaps require resolution before submission. ``` --- Back to [Skill Library](https://rakenne.app/skills/index.md)