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[Flash version] February 21, 2007

Alert: Look

Photo of an inspector stamping boxes.How do you LOOK after the security of the products and ingredients in your facility?

  • Implement a system for handling products

It’s important to have a system for receiving, storing and handling distressed, damaged, returned or reworked products that minimizes their potential for being compromised or to compromise other products.

Examples:  Destroy products that are unfit for human or animal consumption, products with illegible codes, products of questionable origin, and products returned by consumers to retail stores.

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