There are experienced, qualified consultants available for this purpose. A variety of factors influence food safety and each F.S.P must be tailored to the specific food operation or process in each business. H is working with various food industry groups to encourage the development of generic codes of practice. The Ministry intends to have these codes referred to in regulation as Standard Criteria for a particular type of food business. To allow for changes, the M.o.
H intends to word the regulations to refer to the latest version of any standard criteria.
F.S.Ps will be subject to an independent audit by a suitably qualified and M.o. H approved auditor. An essential part of H.A.C.C.P based F.S.Ps is the independent audit of the food safety programme. The food business owner will be responsible for contracting an independent auditor. The costs of auditing F.S.Ps will be established through a contestable contract process between individual food businesses and auditors.