The document compares and contrasts HACCP, TACCP, and VACCP food safety plans. HACCP focuses on unintentional contamination while TACCP and VACCP address intentional threats. TACCP (Threat Assessment Critical Control Point) defends against ideological threats like sabotage or terrorism. VACCP (Vulnerability Assessment Critical Control Point) addresses economic vulnerabilities like substitution or dilution. Both TACCP and VACCP involve identifying risks, controls, and corrective actions at critical control points in the supply chain to mitigate threats and vulnerabilities.
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TACCP Vs VACCP
The document compares and contrasts HACCP, TACCP, and VACCP food safety plans. HACCP focuses on unintentional contamination while TACCP and VACCP address intentional threats. TACCP (Threat Assessment Critical Control Point) defends against ideological threats like sabotage or terrorism. VACCP (Vulnerability Assessment Critical Control Point) addresses economic vulnerabilities like substitution or dilution. Both TACCP and VACCP involve identifying risks, controls, and corrective actions at critical control points in the supply chain to mitigate threats and vulnerabilities.
• Intentional threats to food safety for ideological
reasons is increasing – requirement for a Food Defence Plan (TACCP) – e.g. deliberate contamination/poisoning of food.
• Food fraud for economic reasons is also increasing
requirement for a food fraud mitigation plan (VACCP) – Melamine added to dairy products. TACCP Threat Assessment Critical Control Point Introduction
• A management process to defend a food supply
chain from the threat of intentional contamination.
• TACCP aligns with HACCP, but has a different
focus that may need input from different areas of an organisation (eg HR, procurement and security).
• Threats are different to vulnerabilities as they're
performed for ideological reasons rather than economic reasons. Threats
• Malicious contamination of food products
• Sabotage of the supply chain • Using food or drink items for terrorism or criminal purposes • Economically motivated adulteration • Extortion • Espionage • Counterfeiting • Cybercrime TACCP Process • Establish a Threat Assessment Team (should be multi- disciplinary) • Develop a risk assessment methodology. • Develop a flow chart of the supply chain. • Identify the steps where there is a potential threat to: - The organisation and key staff - Operations - Product • Assess those steps to identify the risk as CCP or CP. • Identify and monitor threat controls for each CCP. • Develop action plan if controls are breached, including immediate correction and corrective action • Document the TACCP Plan. • Train staff accordingly. • Regularly review the TACCP Plan. VACCP Vulnerability Assessment Critical Control Point Introduction
• A management process to defend the food supply
chain from vulnerabilities due to food fraud.
• Shift in focus from risk to vulnerability.
• Based on ‘criminological routine activity theory’.
Food Fraud Vulnerability Assessment Concept
Opportunity Motivations Fraud
related related control fraud risk fraud risk measures factors factors
Actual Fraud Vulnerability
Vulnerabilities • Substitution
• Dilution
• Counterfeiting
• Unapproved enhancements
• Concealment
• Mislabelling
• Grey market production/diversion.
VACCP Process • Develop action plan if controls are breached, including immediate correction and corrective action.
• Document the VACCP Plan.
• Train staff accordingly.
• Regularly verify VACCP Plan.
Food Defence Plan ( TACCP) OPRP /CCP plan (OPRP /HACCP) Food Fraud Mitigation Plan (VACCP)