The Results Are In: FSMA Supply Chain IQ Test (Part II)

By Food Safety Tech Staff
No Comments
May 15, 2019


• Categories: Compliance, Food Labs, Food Manufacturing, Food Safety Consortium, Foodservice & Retail, FSMA, RC - Cold Chain

Thank you to everyone who participated in our latest FSMA IQ test, which focused on the supply chain. This series was developed by Kestrel Management. If you have any questions about the results, we encourage you to leave a comment.

We also invite you to learn more about important supply chain issues at our Food Safety Supply Chain Conference later this month, May 29–30. You can attend in person or virtually.

If you haven’t taken Part II yet, take the Supply Chain IQ Test now.

And now for the results!

1. Control limits must be included within the hazard analysis and preventive controls for HACCP.
   • FALSE. More clarification is needed here, as 96% of respondents said this is true.
2. CCPs previously established under HACCP or previous hazard analysis may be a preventive control under FSMA.
   • TRUE. 91% got this right.
3. Product testing for pathogen or indicator organism is not addressed under FSMA verification and reevaluation.
   • FALSE. 87% answered correctly.
4. You must document justification of records not required by a food safety plan in a food operation under FSMA.
   • TRUE. Just 44% responded “true”.
5. You must implement corrective actions and corrections properly, including procedures to address the presence of organizations in ready-to-eat as a result of product testing.
   • TRUE. Congratulations, 100% got this one right!
6. Under section 117.150, you must implement corrective actions based on your determined response for all affected food as evaluated.
   • FALSE. This seems to be another area that needs clarity: Just 13% answered “false”.
7. Under FSMA supply chain requirements, you must document approved suppliers.
   • TRUE. Once again, great job—100% answered correctly!
8. A foreign supplier of food to the U.S. must ensure that all the requirements of a FSMA Food Safety Plan under cGMP117.126 be met for the manufacture of the food being exported to the United States.
   • TRUE. 91% knew this one.
9. A food broker of foreign-supplied product to the U.S. does not have any responsibility of meeting the FSMA requirements.
   • FALSE. 91% answered correctly.
10. Data sets must be shared between shippers, carriers, loaders & receivers to ensure rules are properly implemented.
    • TRUE. 74% answered correctly.
11. Only the personnel of the carriers transporting food product require training and training records.
    • FALSE. 96% got this one right.
12. Shipper & carrier can agree to a condition & temperature monitoring mechanism for foods that requires temperature control for safety.
    • TRUE. 91% answered correctly.