FSMA & HACCP: Preventive Food Safety, Evidenced
Fintra maps FSMA preventive controls and HACCP critical control points to a control library, keeps monitoring and corrective-action records, and tracks supplier verification.
What FSMA and HACCP are
HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) is the foundational food-safety methodology: identify hazards, set critical control points (CCPs), define limits, monitor, and correct. The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) shifts the focus to prevention, requiring a written food-safety plan with preventive controls, supplier verification, and recordkeeping. Together they define modern food-safety compliance.
Who needs FSMA / HACCP
- Food and beverage manufacturers and processors
- Importers subject to the Foreign Supplier Verification Program
- Facilities required to keep a written food-safety plan with preventive controls
- Operations pursuing GFSI schemes (SQF, BRC) built on HACCP foundations
Core elements
| Element | What it requires | Fintra support |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard analysis | Identify and evaluate hazards | Risk Management |
| Preventive controls / CCPs | Define and monitor control points | Control library + monitoring |
| Monitoring records | Document that controls operated | Evidence automation |
| Corrective actions | Act when limits are exceeded | Exception / remediation tracking |
| Supplier verification | Verify supplier controls | Vendor Risk Management |
How Fintra helps
- Structure preventive controls and CCPs as monitored controls with owners
- Capture monitoring and corrective-action records as evidence, not paper binders
- Track supplier and foreign-supplier verification in vendor risk
- Use AI to keep records complete and flag stale monitoring before an audit
Frequently asked questions
Does Fintra write our food-safety plan?
Fintra helps you structure the plan as preventive controls and CCPs, drafts supporting policies, and captures the records that prove the plan operates. The hazard analysis and food-safety science are performed by your Preventive Controls Qualified Individual and food-safety team.
How does this connect to GFSI schemes like SQF or BRC?
Those schemes are built on HACCP foundations. Because Fintra structures your preventive controls and monitoring records, the same evidence supports both FSMA obligations and a GFSI audit rather than being maintained separately.
Is FSMA/HACCP seeded?
Food-safety frameworks appear in Fintra’s industry control mappings, but we frame them honestly as prepare-for: we structure and evidence your program and help you stay audit-ready; the food-safety determinations remain with qualified personnel.
Does Fintra replace my auditor or assessor?
No. Fintra is the control, policy, and evidence layer - it makes your program continuously audit-ready and cuts preparation from weeks to days. The audit, certification, or attestation itself is still performed by an independent, qualified auditor, assessor, or authorizing body.
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Evidence preventive food safety
Structure CCPs, capture monitoring records, and verify suppliers.
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