Dairy Grade A Voluntary HACCP

References  |   Current Program Documents   |   Questions and Answers   |   Forms

References

• List of NCIMS HACCP Implementation Committee Members and Advisors November 18, 2008
• National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) Evaluation of the NCIMS HACCP Pilot Program Phase II Expansion April 17, 2003
• NCIMS HACCP Pilot Program, Phase II Expansion May 2001
• NCIMS HACCP Proposals^† May 2001
• NCIMS HACCP Update - Proposal to Extend Pilot^* (also available in PDF^*) February 2001
• Interim Report - NCIMS HACCP Pilot Evaluation Team^† November 2000
• NCIMS Dairy HACCP Pilot Program (Slide Presentation)^† November 1999
• Analysis and Critical Control Point Principles and Application Guidelines -- National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods August 14, 1997
• NCIMS Voluntary HACCP Program Moo-ves Forward, by John Beers^† - Reprinted from Food Safety Magazine October/November 2005- with permission of the publishers. (also available in PDF^*) November 2007

Current Program Documents

The voluntary HACCP alternative program requirements that were accepted at the 2003, 2005 and 2007 NCIMS are identified throughout the NCIMS Program documents below:

• Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (Grade "A" PMO) - 2007 Revision
• Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (Grade "A" PMO) - 2005 Revision^†
• Methods Of Making Sanitation Ratings Of Milk Shippers - 2005  Revision^† (also available in PDF^*)
• Procedures Governing the Cooperative State-Public Health Service/Food and Drug Administration Program of the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments - 2007 Revision December 17, 2007
• Procedures Governing the Cooperative State-Public Health Service/Food and Drug Administration Program of the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments - 2005 Revision November 14, 2005
• Hazards and Controls Guide For Dairy Foods HACCP, Guidance for Processors, Version 1.1^†, June 16, 2006

Unlinked documents will be added soon. Until that occurs, electronic copies (MS Word and fillable PDF formats) may be obtained from:

Questions and Answers

• Memorandum of Information: NCIMS Voluntary HACCP Program Questions and Answers (M-I-07-4)^†
• Questions and Answers About NCIMS Dairy HACCP
  • Categories (additional Q & A will be added in the future)
    • General
    • Prerequisite Programs
    • Preliminary Steps
    • Hazard Analysis
    • Verification/Validation
    • Audits
    • Testing
    • Records
    • Training and Standardization

Forms

Required Forms

These forms are available on the FDA Forms Distribution Page^† for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN).

• Milk Plant, Receiving Station, or Transfer Station NCIMS HACCP System Audit Report, Form FDA 2359m (also available in PDF)
• NCIMS HACCP System Regulatory Agency Review Report, Form FDA 2359n^* (also available in PDF)
• Permission for the Publication of an Interstate Milk Shipper's Listing, Form FDA 2359o (also available in PDF^*)

Aids for completion of Required Form FDA 2359m, Milk Plant, Receiving Station, or Transfer Station NCIMS HACCP System Audit Report

• References for Milk Plant, Receiving Station, or Transfer Station NCIMS HACCP System Audit Report Per 2005 NCIMS Documents August 31, 2007
• 2005 PMO APPENDIX K., HACCP PROGRAM, with audit references^† March 25, 2005
• Audit Report Language templates, August 31, 2007

Worksheets for Milk Plant Use

• Product Description (2 forms)
  1. NACMCF Based (also available in PDF^*)
  2. Acceptable Alternative (also available in PDF^*)
• Hazard Analysis Worksheet (also available in PDF^*)
• CCP HACCP Plan Summary (also available in PDF^*)
• Centralized Deviation Log (also available in PDF^*)
• HACCP Validation Checklist (also available in PDF^*)
• Centralized List of HACCP Program Records (also available in PDF^*)
• HACCP Document Change Log (also available in PDF^*)

NCIMS HACCP Commitment Letter

• NCIMS HACCP Commitment Letter Template (also available in PDF^*)

^*Some PDFs are temporarily unavailable on the web.
^†Some documents are temporarily unavailable on the web.