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Tuna HACCP Handbook. Appendix 5 . COOKER VALIDATIONS. Cooker Validations. Purpose: Maintain more uniform and reliable cooking procedures and equipment to assure product safety. Cooker Validations. Steps:. Fill out a pre-cooker survey form
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Tuna HACCP Handbook Appendix 5. COOKER VALIDATIONS
Tuna Council's Handbook Cooker Validations Purpose: Maintain more uniform and reliable cooking procedures and equipment to assure product safety
Tuna Council's Handbook Cooker Validations Steps: Fill out a pre-cooker survey form Plan to test the TD of each pre-cooker with a full load of fish representing the most conservative scenario. Inspect each pre-cooker to be sure it is in proper working order at the start of each TD test.
Tuna Council's Handbook Cooker Validations Steps: • 4. As recommended by the Institute forThermal Processing Specialists (IFTPS), thermocouples used for conducting the TDshould be calibrated against a standard reference thermometer or the pre-cookerTID if recently calibrated: • 5. Use a minimum of 24 thermocouples per TDtest, 32 or 36 is better
Tuna Council's Handbook Cooker Validations Steps: • 6. Test each pre-cooker at least twice (more ifmultiple runs are needed to complete a study) • 7. Documentation to accompany TD data: • 8. Keep the temperature distribution studies andassociated records on file with your HACCPfiles for validation/verification.
Tuna Council's Handbook Cooker Validations Steps: • 9. Develop a preventative maintenance (PM)program for keeping the pre-cookers in properworking order. The pre-cookers should be maintained in satisfactory operating conditionat all times. • 10. Other Guides
Tuna Council's Handbook Cooker Validations FORMS