Avaliação da análise de perigos e pontos críticos de controle na produção de manteiga em um laticínio do Sul de Goiás

Abstract

This paper presents a case study of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) system for butter production. The research was developed in the period 2016/2017 in a dairy company in the municipality of Itumbiara, located in the southern region of Goiás. Butter is the product obtained from pasteurized milk cream derived from cow's milk. In this sense, industrial food products must have minimum quality characteristics, and an important instrument to guarantee the production of safe foods for the health of the consumer is the HACCP system which has as prerequisites the self-control programs known as Good Manufacturing Practices ( GMP) and the Standard Operating Procedures (PPHO), in compliance with their current legislation. The HACCP system should be used properly because it is a powerful management tool that provides a way to achieve control of the so-called chemical, physical and microbiological hazards. In this work the processing of the butter, internal documents (HACCP of butter, GMP, PPHO, POP, PSO, SAC and audit checklists), laboratory analysis and storage conditions were analyzed. Afterwards, the production flowchart was identified, the Control Points (PC) and Critical Control Points (PCC) were identified and monitored and controlled, and the Physical-Chemical and Microbiological analyzes were performed for the product. Quality assurance is a very important part of the management system, as it ensures the quality of what is being produced. Although it has all the control presented, it was found some important points that influence in the contamination of the product, as for example a new possible PCC in the step of packaging in the production, thus, a decision tree was used to identify the critical control point. As a consequence of the situation, the points were possible improvements, and before these notes the Quality Assurance team was instructed to take the necessary corrective actions.