Title Page
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Document number
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Start date and time
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Finish date and tiem
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Led by
Issue and Risk assessment
Description of the issue
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Description of food safety, authenticity or legality incident, including a product recall, regulatory food safety non-conformity incident
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Description of product:
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Batch code
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Best Before date
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Quantities affected
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Production date of the batch affected
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intended use of the food
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target consumer group
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sensitivities associated with that group in consuming food.
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Has the product reached the market?
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Has the product reached the consumer?
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Timings
Risk assessment
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timings
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Risk assessment done by
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Hazard identification: Identifying known or unknown potential health effects associated with the incident:
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Hazard characterisation: the qualitative and/or quantitative evaluation of the nature of the adverse effect: Death, hospitalisation or minor injury.
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Exposure assessment: the qualitative and/or quantitative evaluation of the likely intake of the particular food: Number of people that can potentially suffer the above health effect:
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Risk characterisation: the integration of hazard identification, hazard characterisation and exposure assessment to estimate the risk and its associated uncertainties: Critical Risk, Medium Risk or low risk
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carry out a traceability exercise to locate the product distribution
Risk assessment signatures
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Signature
Traceability (back to supplier) and mass balance
- If the affected product is an ingredient fill this section
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Name of the ingredient affected affected
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Batch number affected
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Quantities affected
If the affected product is Primary packaging fill this section
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Name of packaging affected
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Batch number
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Quantities affected
If the affected product is a closure, fill this section
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Name of closure affected
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Batch number affected
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Quantities affected
Is the affected product a packaging with food safety or legal information printed on?
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Affected printed packaing
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Batch number affected
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Quantities affected
Traceability (forward to customer) and mass balance
- If the affected product is a finished product fill this section
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Name of finished product
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Batch number affected
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Quantities affected
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Quantities affected in Stock (attache report into the media option)
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Quantities affected sent to customer
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Customer contacted?
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Time of contact
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Contacted by:
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Quantities the customer is able to locate
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Product identified as on hold and arranged to be returned to site?
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Return of product to site arranged by
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Time
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Signature
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Does the mass balance indicate that all the affected products have been reconciliated?
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Product recall necessary: If it is believed that unsafe food has reached consumers contact the FSA incidents team at https://reportanincident.food.gov.uk.
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Authorised by
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Signature
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time at which the recall has been initiated
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Person initiating the recall
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Signature
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Contact the local competent authority to inform of the food incident. The local competent authority is Wychavon District Council and can be reached at enquiries@worcsregservices.gov.uk.
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Person contacting the local authority
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Signature
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Has the product reached the consumer?
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Product recall necessary: If it is believed that unsafe food has reached consumers contact the FSA incidents team at https://reportanincident.food.gov.uk.
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Authorised by
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Signature
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time at which the recall has been initiated
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Person initiating the recall
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Signature
Determining the use of the returned product
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Can the defect on the product be eliminated?
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Product needs to be destroyed and record of destruction kept.
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Person in charge of destroying the product and keeping records of the destruction
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Time on the destruction
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Signature
Plan to conduct root cause analysis and to implement ongoing improvements, to avoid recurrence.
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why did this incident happen
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what could have been done differently to prevent it from happening? if more than one action is required consider linking this to Mondays.
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Who is going to take this action?
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When is the action expected to be completed?
Other contact requirements
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In the event of a significant food safety, authenticity or legality incident, including a product recall, regulatory food safety non-conformity (e.g. a regulatory enforcement notice) or food safety-related withdrawal, the certification body issuing the current certificate for the site against this Standard shall be notified within 3 working days.
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Has this report been forwarded to technical@foodchainid.uk
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Person forwarding the report (please attach copy of the email)
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Date and time
Review
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Robustness of the withdrawal/recall plan and procedures
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Effectiveness of communications
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Timeliness of actions taken
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Roles and responsibilities
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Incident key decision log
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Appraisal of decision made
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Timelines
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Future improvements