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1. Fact Sheet No1 - Safety Risk Significance (SRS)
HACCP has traditionally relied upon the This is where Safety Risk Significance (SRS)
fact that any point that requires control in a comes in. SRS measures two aspects of a hazard
process is either Critical or Not. This is the and based on two answers to:
very basis of the HACCP Decision Tree; it
helps you decide if a hazard is a Critical • The SEVERITY (or consequences) of the
Control Point (CCP) or otherwise. hazard in question and..
At HACCP Now we believe that some • The RISK (or likelihood) of the hazard in
hazards have a potentially greater impact question.
than others and that HACCP should take
account of this. After all, how can a HACCP Now helps prioritise the overall Safety
commercial business decide how to best Risk Significance index (a measure between 1
deploy financial and other resources in the and 25). SRS is unique to HACCP Now.
control of hazards in a sensible and cost
effective means? See the SRS matrix below.
Severity Can cause Can lead to Can cause a Can generate Not of
fatality serious product recall a customer significance
Risk
illness complaint
Common S1 S3 S6 S10 S15
occurrence
Known to S2 S5 S9 S14 S19
occur
Could occur S4 S8 S13 S18 S22
Not likely to S7 S12 S17 S21 S24
occur
Practically S11 S16 S20 S23 S25
impossible
In this way HACCP Now helps clearly For more information on HACCP Now please
identify the relative potential impact a contact:
hazard may have on the business and
therefore allows the business to prioritise Jim Flynn – jim.flynn@haccpnow.co.uk
resources accordingly.
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