Food defence addresses intentional harm, while traceability follows product history and movements. They support one another but are different controls, with separate connections to food fraud and HACCP.
Assessment of food safety hazards and intentional harm does not use an identical approach. Review defence according to activities and access conditions. Economically motivated fraud also has its own vulnerabilities. Placing all three headings in one generic risk table does not demonstrate suitable assessment of each.
Define activities, flows, external services and responsibilities. Build controls around actual risks and practical capabilities rather than recommending the same equipment list everywhere. Clarify reporting and monitoring responsibilities. Plan length alone is not a measure of effectiveness.
Define work scope, authorised people, supervision and responsibility for return to production. Apply access and notification arrangements appropriate to risk. A contractor agreement alone does not demonstrate control of site activity. Review changes and residues affecting product safety when the job ends.
Also trace their stock locations, customers and use in rework or mixtures. Mass balance may reveal gaps between records. Correct exercise findings and check effectiveness again. A traceability system limited to archived supplier invoices may not enable access to actual affected goods.
Manage information through authorised roles, relevant authorities and necessary customer communication. Assess product effects and protective decisions without spreading unverified allegations. Keep sensitive defence details out of public documents. Preserve incident records, decisions and corrective actions under appropriate access controls.
Review new movements, data access and record connections. An earlier exercise does not automatically verify the new flow. Check that old and new batch information remains retrievable during migration and conduct necessary trials. Include customer or certification programme follow-up conditions in change planning.
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