Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point principles

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point principles

In order to protect consumers against any contamination of their food, the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles were developed. HACCP is an internationally recognised system for food safety management.

It is the responsibility of all food business operators to ensure that the food they produce is safe to eat. If you are an operator, then you must ensure you put in place food safety management procedures and working practices, and be able to prove that this has been done.

To produce safe food for consumers, all the important safety hazards that are associated with the production of food need to be identified and then prevented, eliminated or reduced to an acceptable level. These food safety hazards may be biological, physical or chemical.

The seven HACCP principles provide a systematic way of identifying food safety hazards, making sure that they are being managed responsibly and showing that this is being done day-in, day-out.

This involves the following steps:

·         plan - decide what needs to be done to ensure food safety and write it down

·         do - carry out your plan of action

·         check - monitor your HACCP activity and record what has been checked and when

·         act - take action when food safety is at risk and write it down

The seven HACCP principles are:

·         identify any hazards that must be prevented eliminated or reduced to acceptable levels

·         identify the critical control points (CCPs) at the step or steps at which control is essential to prevent or eliminate a hazard or to reduce it to acceptable levels

·         establish critical limits at CCPs

·         establish procedures to monitor the CCPs

·         establish corrective actions to be taken if a CCP is not under control

·         establish procedures to verify whether the above procedures are working effectively

·         establish documents and records to demonstrate the effective application of the above measures

For any query regarding HACCP certification please contact us on 9999974494

What is CE Marking

CE Marking is thesymbol as shown on the top of this page. The letters"CE" are the abbreviation of French phrase "ConformitéEuropéene" which literally means "European Conformity".The term initially used was "EC Mark" and it was officially replacedby "CE Marking" in the Directive 93/68/EEC in 1993."CE Marking" is now used in all EU official documents. "CEMark" is also in use, but it is NOT the official term.

1. CE Marking on a product is a manufacturer's declaration that the product complies with the essential requirements of the relevant European health, safety and environmental protection legislation, in practice by many of the so-called Product Directives.*

*Product Directives contains the "essential requirements" and/or "performance levels" and "Harmonized Standards" to which the products must conform. Harmonized Standards are the technical specifications (European Standards or Harmonization Documents) which are established by several European standards agencies (CEN, CENELEC, etc).

CEN stands for European Committee for Standardization.
CENELEC stands for European Committee for Electro technical Standardization.

2. CE Marking on a product indicates to governmental officials that the product may be legally placed on the market in their country.
3. CE Marking on a product ensures the free movement of the product within the EFTA & European Union (EU) single market (total 28 countries), and
4. CE Marking on a product permits the withdrawal of the non-conforming products by customs and enforcement/vigilance authorities.

Along with more directives' becoming effective, more and more products are required to bear the CE Marking for gaining access to the EFTA & European Union market. However, many non-EU exporters are still unaware of or unsure about this fact and its impact on their business.




The CE Marking applies only to products placed in the market or put into service in the European Economic Area, and only for a certain number of product groups or product aspects. So to answer the question whether the CE Marking applies, one has to determine first if the countries in which the products are going to be placed in the market or used are countries that require CE Marking. Secondly, it must be checked if the product, or some of its aspects, are within the field of application of the CE Marking regulations.


CE Marking is only applicable in the following countries:

A) The twenty-seven Member States of the European Union (EU):

Austria (became member in 1995)
Belgium (Founder Member in 1957)
Bulgaria (2007)
Czech Republic (2004)
Cyprus (2004)
Denmark (1973)
Estonia (2004)
Finland (1995)
France (FM 1957)
Germany (FM 1957)
Greece (1981)
Hungary (2004)
Ireland (1973)
Italy, (FM 1957)
Latvia (2004)
Lithuania (2004)
Luxembourg (FM 1957)
Malta (2004)
The Netherlands (FM 1957)
Poland (2004)
Portugal (1986)
Romania (2007)
Slovakia (2004)
Slovenia (2004)
Spain (1986)
Sweden (1995)
United Kingdom (Great Britain) (1973)


The CE Marking is required only for the following types of products:

-Toys
-Machinery
-Electrical equipment
-Electronic equipment
-Personal protective equipment
-Pressure equipment
-Medical devices
-Active implantable medical devices
-In vitro diagnostica
-Radio and Telecommunications terminal equipment
-Simple pressure vessels
-Gas appliances
-Lifts
-Recreational craft
-Equipment and protective systems for use in explosive atmospheres
-Non-automatic weighing instruments
-Cableways
-Construction products
-Explosives for civil use
-New hot water boilers
-Measuring Equipment

CE Marking is NOT required for the following products:

-Chemicals
-Pharmaceuticals
-Cosmetics
-Foodstuffs

Other than mentioned product groups do not require CE Marking.


CE Directives

CE Marking product requirements and certification procedures are laid down in European technical regulations that are called 'directives'. There are currently almost 25 CE Marking directives for different product groups (e.g. machinery, toys, medical devices) or product aspects (e.g. electromagnetic compatibility). Please note also that more than one directive can apply to a single product. For example, a machine with an electrical system and control panel is regulated by the Machinery Directive, the Low Voltage Directive and the EMC Directive.

Unfortunately, there is no list that tells you which products are covered by which directives. So, you must check every directive in order to determine if it applies. We have put a simple checklist on our website that helps you to check the applicable directives yourself.
For the checklist please go to: www.cdgcertification.com 


Call on:- 9654656507 or 9999974494 for CE Marking of your product