Prerequisite Programs (GMPs, SOP, SSOPs, GRPs)

Prerequisite Programs are the foundational food safety programs required as support for any HACCP based food safety system.  Prerequisites can be:

• Prerequisite programs (PREs and PPs)
• termed “operational” meaning determined in a hazard analysis
• GMPs: Good Manufacturing Practices (policies)
• GRPs: Good Retail Practices (such as those found in the US FDA model Food Code)
• SOPs: Standard Operating Procedures
• SSOPs: Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures
• MRs: Manufacturers Requirements
• FRMs: Forms for record keeping
• WIs: Work instructions