FBPFSY4003Perform an allergen risk review

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What an assessment for FBPFSY4003 must cover

52 assessable components: 6 elements (23 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 24 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 2 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Identify the regulatory requirements and obligations to produce safe food

  • 1.1Identify food safety legislation and regulations relevant to identifying allergens in product and process
  • 1.2Access and interpret industry guidance documents to identify allergens in product
  • 1.3Access and interpret workplace requirements for controlling allergens
  • 1.4Identify foods that must be declared on food labels

2 Review allergens in raw materials and incoming goods

  • 2.1Identify presence of allergens in storage or processing of raw materials
  • 2.2Identify presence of allergens in storage or processing of incoming goods
  • 2.3Identify opportunities for the allergen ingredient to have cross-contact with other ingredients or products
  • 2.4Consider the form of cross-contact to inform subsequent control/s
  • 2.5Consider the amount of cross-contact to inform subsequent control/s

3 Review allergens at facility and within processing

  • 3.1Identify allergen-containing ingredients
  • 3.2Identify opportunities for the allergen-containing ingredient to have cross-contact with other ingredients or products at any stage of processing, handling or storage
  • 3.3Consider the form of cross-contact to inform subsequent control/s
  • 3.4Consider the amount of cross-contact to inform subsequent control/s

4 Eliminate and reduce allergens

  • 4.1Investigate whether any identified intentionally added or cross-contact allergens can be eliminated or reduced
  • 4.2Troubleshoot engineering and/or cleaning options to reduce the risk of allergen cross-contact
  • 4.3Document and implement allergen risk controls

5 Analyse food and environmental samples for allergens

  • 5.1Identify the appropriate sampling points and testing methodology for process and product
  • 5.2Take samples of product for allergen testing according to workplace requirements
  • 5.3Identify allergen analysis suitable for products
  • 5.4Conduct basic manufacturing-based tests on samples to identify allergens
  • 5.5Interpret results of tests to inform risk controls and declaration requirements

6 Validate and verify control measures

  • 6.1Verify the allergen control measures are suitable
  • 6.2Validate the control measure, including cleaning procedures, to ensure allergens are controlled

Performance evidence

  • determining absence or presence of allergens and cross-contact allergens
  • troubleshooting options to reduce and eliminate allergens and cross-contact allergens
  • identifying known allergens that must be declared to consumers

Knowledge evidence

  • reasons to manage food allergens
  • different types of allergic reactions (dermal, gastrointestinal, respiratory, circulatory), including anaphylaxis
  • the difference between a food allergy, food intolerance and hypersensitivity
  • legal requirement to produce food that is safe for human consumption
  • requirements for truth in labelling under Australian Consumer Law
  • definition of cross-contact as a residue or other trace amount of a food allergen that is unintentionally incorporated into another food
  • how cross-contact occurs, which can be from ingredients, raw materials, personnel, inadequate cleaning of equipment, or concurrent and/or co-located plants
  • validated tests for identifying allergens
  • typical, basic manufacturing-based allergen tests and their purpose, including:
  • ATP (adenosine triphosphate) test kits used as a general indicator of sanitation
  • protein swabs
  • lateral flow devices (LFD) or strip tests used to screen for presence of low level allergens in cleaning rinses and on surfaces
  • typical allergen laboratory tests and their purpose:
  • enzyme- linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) laboratory kits
  • liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC–MS)
  • polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
  • units used for reporting results of laboratory tests, including differences between quantitative and qualitative
  • developing a baseline of allergen cross-contact
  • typical sampling methods
  • ongoing sampling plan
  • how an allergen risk review sits within the context of a Voluntary Incidental Trace Allergen Labelling (VITAL) Program
  • substances that require mandatory declaration if present in food, according to Australia and New Zealand Food Standards Code (Section 1.2.3–4), including peanuts, tree nuts, milk, eggs, sesame seeds, fish and shellfish, soy, lupin and wheat
  • industry references to guide best practice management of allergens in food
  • how allergens are dealt with according to the hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) principles, for the location.

Foundation skills

  • Reading: Interpret materials and ingredient specifications, and identify known allergens
  • Numeracy: Interpret unit measures in test results (such as protein vs commodity) Use allergen unit measures – milligram per kilogram (mg/kg) or parts per million (ppm)

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What does an assessment tool for FBPFSY4003 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for FBPFSY4003 needs to address all 52 unit components: 6 elements with 23 performance criteria, 3 performance evidence requirements, 24 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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