Canadian Grain Commission
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CGC ASP-STAN 2.0.0

(CIPRS, CIPRS + HACCP, CGC HACCP)

Appendix 1 - HACCP course criteria

HACCP courses must be structured in such a way to ensure that participants are provided with the knowledge necessary to understand how HACCP-based food safety systems are developed and implemented. The curriculum of acceptable HACCP courses must include at a minimum:

  • Introduction to Codex Alimentarius
    • General Principles of Food Hygiene
    • HACCP System and Guidelines for its Application
  • Benefits of HACCP in the support of food safety and hygiene
  • Different types of hazards, their sources and hazard prevention methods
  • techniques for the identification of microbiological, chemical and physical hazards
  • Defining and writing prerequisite programs
  • HACCP in terms of the 5 preliminary and 7 steps
  • Hazard analysis (decision tree)
  • establishing CCP’s:
    • critical limits
    • monitoring procedures
    • deviation & corrective actions procedures
    • verification procedures
  • documents and records of a HACCP system.

The HACCP training course must include an assessment of the students’ competencies. This may include one or more of the following:

  • practical assignments  
  • oral and written tests
  • research assignment