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Transportation of cooked and uncooked foods advice?
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Anyone got knowledge, links on this. We transport and distribute food around SE and have been challenged on sealed cooked and uncooked foods being transported together etc? I can find plenty of legislation on storage and separation etc but nothing regulating disribution , can anyone help at all to clarify this matter? thanks, Steve
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The transportation of food is covered in Regulation (ec)852/2004 on the hygiene of food stuffs. It is in chapter 4 and basically states that any vehicle used to transport food stuffs are to be kept clean, maintained in good repair and in such condition to protect foodstuffs from contamination and where necessary be designed and constructed from a material which will permit adequate cleaning and/or disinfection. You also need to consider how you are going to ensure temperature control if required which is covered in the food hygiene (england, wales etc) regs 2006
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The potential for cross-contamination should be covered in your HACCP assessment. Have you tried showing that to the concerned parties? (If it's not available, then you have some serious work to do!).
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I suggest you check the Food Standards Agency cross contamination guidance
http://www.food.gov.uk/b...notes/hygguid/ecoliguide
You should also consult the local authority where you are based.They act as the Food Authority for your area.
You mention transporting sealed cooked and uncooked foods being transported together but not the types of food.
It is possible to contaminate food wrappings. Therefore if the packaging/wrapper of the uncooked foods at source, or during handling/transit, could become contaminated then a source of contamination potentially exists.
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