Production of dry food for animals in a romanian company in food safety conditions

Abstract

To day the animal feed industry, including the ingredient suppliers, is a part of the food chain and responsible for the safety of its products. Feed manufacturers must prove the products are safe for animals and for consumers of animal products. Paper is a study to draw up a HACCP plan in a company producing dry food for pet, fish and game. After the identification of the processes and activities to manufacture the products, was drawn up a Technological flowchart. Analyzing for risks each stage of the chart, were identified the stages which are in the class of high-risk. Using the Decisional Tree method, were identified the critical control points of technological flow. Finally was drawn up a HACCP plan to control the technological parameters of the critical points in order to prevent, eliminate or reduce the risk to an acceptable level.