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Weekly HACCP Audit
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Overview
What is a Weekly HACCP Audit?
HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) is the food-safety system built around seven principles: hazard analysis, critical control points, critical limits, monitoring, corrective actions, verification, and recordkeeping. These principles come from Codex Alimentarius (the international food standards body run jointly by the FAO and WHO) and the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Food (NACMCF), a US government advisory panel. Neither is binding law on its own, but together they define the HACCP framework regulators expect every plan to follow. The FDA Food Code 2022, the model code most states adopt with local amendments, states in Section 8-201 that any establishment operating under a variance must submit a HACCP plan to its regulatory authority and keep it implemented and current. USDA FSIS publishes Generic HACCP Models (2024), voluntary reference plans that many meat and poultry processors build their own plans from. A written plan only works if someone checks that it is being followed. Weekly verification, reviewing the prior week's cook, cooling, and holding logs, is how a facility catches a missed log or an uncorrected deviation before an inspector does.
This template is the weekly verification audit, not the daily monitoring itself. It covers 60 checkpoints across 13 sections, with 17 flagged critical, covering HACCP plan currency, CCP (Critical Control Point) review for cooking, cooling, receiving, and hot and cold holding, allergen controls under FALCPA (the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act, the law behind the standard list of major food allergens), equipment calibration, training currency, and corrective-action trending. It is built for the HACCP team leader or food-safety manager who owns this review, typically 30 to 45 minutes at week's end. It does not cover walk-in cooler temperature checks, that is walk-in-cooler-temp-log, or the real-time CCP monitoring records themselves, which this audit reviews in aggregate over the prior week.
The checklist
Every checkpoint, in full
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Audit Information
8 checksNOTENote on Usage
This audit is based on HACCP principles and the FDA Food Code. It does not replace your facility's written HACCP plan or guarantee regulatory compliance; the operator remains responsible for validating critical limits and corrective actions for their specific process.
Week ending (date)
Saturday end-of-day is conventional; use whatever your plan defines.
Auditor (HACCP team leader or food safety manager)
HACCP plan version / revision date on file
Cooking step identified as a CCP in this plan?
Cooling step identified as a CCP in this plan?
Receiving step identified as a CCP in this plan?
Allergen control program in place?
Yes if you handle any of the FDA major 9 allergens (milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut, peanut, wheat, soy, sesame).
ATP swab / surface microbial testing used as a verification activity?
HACCP Plan Currency (Principles 1–3)
4 checksHACCP plan reviewed within the last 12 months (or after any material process change)?Critical
Process flow diagram on file matches the actual production flow?
Walk the line mentally. If a new step was added (e.g., a vacuum-tumbler, a new SKU), the flow diagram must reflect it.
Hazard analysis covers all biological, chemical, and physical hazards for current product mix?
Each identified CCP has a written critical limit, monitoring procedure, and corrective-action plan?
CCP — Cooking (Principles 4–5)
5 checksCook-temp log present and complete for every production shift this week?Critical
A missing log is treated as a deviation under §8-201.
All logged cook temperatures met or exceeded the critical limit for the product?Critical
Any cook-temp deviations recorded this week?
Each deviation has a documented corrective action and verification?Critical
Briefly summarize deviations + corrective actions
CCP — Cooling (Principles 4–5)
5 checksCooling log present and complete for every batch cooled this week?Critical
All cooled batches met the 2-hour 135→70°F and 6-hour 135→41°F critical limits?Critical
Any cooling deviations this week (slow cool, missed checkpoint, abandoned batch)?
Each cooling deviation has a documented corrective action (re-heat, discard, or process change)?Critical
Describe cooling deviations + corrective actions
CCP — Hot / Cold Holding (Principles 4–5)
6 checksHot-hold log present and complete every day this week?Critical
All hot-hold readings ≥135°F across sampled logs?Critical
Cold-hold log present and complete every day this week?Critical
All cold-hold readings ≤41°F across sampled logs?Critical
Any hot/cold hold deviation this week?
Each hold-temp deviation has documented corrective action (discard, re-heat, repair)?Critical
CCP — Receiving (Principles 4–5)
5 checksReceiving log present and complete for every delivery this week?
Receiving temperatures within critical limit for every TCS load (typically ≤41°F)?Critical
Letters of guarantee / supplier statements current and on file for relevant suppliers?
Any loads rejected or returned this week?
Describe rejected loads (vendor, product, reason)
Allergen Control Program
5 checksDedicated tools / color-coded prep equipment in use for allergen-containing items?
Documented cleaning between allergen and non-allergen prep (validation log if pre-shift changeovers)?
Ingredient labels and recipe cards reflect current allergen content (no unlabeled new SKUs)?Critical
Any allergen cross-contact incidents (suspected or confirmed) this week?
Each incident has root-cause analysis + corrective action documented?Critical
Equipment Calibration & Verification (Principle 6)
4 checksProbe thermometer(s) calibrated this week (ice slurry 32°F or boiling 212°F at sea level)?Critical
Sanitizer test strips on hand and not expired?
Sanitizer concentration verified within label range (quat 200 ppm, chlorine 50–100 ppm, iodine 12.5–25 ppm)?
Cold-hold equipment thermometers (built-in or supplemental) reading accurately?
Training Currency
5 checksAt least one Certified Food Protection Manager on site during every operating hour this week?Critical
All current food handlers have valid food handler card / training certificate on file?
Allergen-awareness training current for all food handlers (where required by state)?
Any certifications expiring in the next 30 days?
List employees + certifications expiring soon (initials + cert + expiration date)
Sanitation Verification
5 checksCleaning schedule logs complete for all defined zones this week?
ATP swab results within action limit on tested surfaces?
Any visible sanitation failures observed during this audit (not in routine cleaning rotation)?
Describe sanitation failure(s) and immediate remediation
Photo of remediated area (if sanitation failure was found)
Corrective Actions Log Review (Principle 5)
3 checksAll corrective actions from prior weeks closed or assigned with target date?
Trending issue identified (same CCP failing repeatedly, same vendor rejected, etc.)?
Describe the trending issue and the plan to address (process change, retraining, supplier change)
Verification Activities (Principle 6)
3 checksAt least one direct observation of a food handler performing a CCP this week (cook, cool, hold)?
End-product or environmental sampling completed per the plan's schedule (if applicable)?
All HACCP records for this week filed in the designated location and legible?
Auditor Sign-off
2 checksOverall summary + recommendations for next week
Auditor signature (typed full name)
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Field procedure
How to run this inspection
Walk the site area by area. Mark each checkpoint Pass, Fail or N·A as you go, and add a photo on any Fail to document it for the report.
STEP 01
Audit Information
Identify the audit week and which CCPs the facility's HACCP plan applies to. The presence checks here drive the gated CCP sections below.
STEP 02
HACCP Plan Currency (Principles 1–3)
The plan itself must remain current with the operation. Confirm the plan reflects today's products, processes, and equipment.
STEP 03
CCP — Cooking (Principles 4–5)
Review the prior week's cooking-temperature logs. Sample at least one log per shift per day if multi-shift; one log per day if single shift.
STEP 04
CCP — Cooling (Principles 4–5)
Cooling logs must show TCS food cooled 135°F → 70°F within 2 hours and 135°F → 41°F within 6 hours total. Review every cooling log from the prior week.
STEP 05
CCP — Hot / Cold Holding (Principles 4–5)
Hot holding ≥135°F; cold holding ≤41°F. Sample at least 2 holding logs per day from this week.
STEP 06
CCP — Receiving (Principles 4–5)
If receiving is a CCP for your operation (incoming product condition / supplier-provided documentation), audit the receiving log and any supplier-quality records from this week.
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