How often should HACCP be reviewed has an answer the plan writes into itself: on change, on schedule and on incident. On change: a new dish, a new process, a new supplier, a new oven, a new member of staff. On schedule: at least annually, on a date the plan states. On incident: a complaint, a recurring miss, a recall. The gov.uk guidance for food businesses, cited below, says a food safety management system must meet the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point principles, and describes critical control points as the points when you need to prevent, remove or reduce a hazard in your work process. The food safety audit checklist on this site is the review walk, free and without an account.
On change
A new dish brings hazards the analysis has not seen; a supplier change can change an allergen; new equipment changes cooking and cooling times; a new starter needs training on the control points. The changed page is reviewed and re-dated.
On schedule
A review date on the plan, and the review recorded even when nothing changed, because a plan never reviewed reads as abandoned. The FDA's HACCP principles and application guidelines, cited below, describe HACCP as a systematic approach to the identification, evaluation and control of food safety hazards based on seven principles. Verification is the sixth principle.
On incident
A complaint, a recurring miss at a control point, a recall notice: each asks whether the control worked and whether the corrective action was the right one, and whether the plan needs a new control or a tighter limit. The review's record, with what was decided, is part of the plan's history.
Recording the review
Date, who, what was checked, what changed. The audit checklist on this site is the walk; ProbeLedger Pro keeps the completed audits with the plan. FoodDocs lists its Lite plan at $99 per site per month billed monthly or $79 billed annually, and its Standard plan at $199 per site per month, with a free 14-day trial, on its pricing page cited below. ProbeLedger Pro is $49 per month for the whole site.
Questions people ask about how often should haccp be reviewed
Is annual enough?
As a floor, with the change and incident triggers on top.
Who reviews it?
The plan owner, verified by the operator; an outside audit is a second pair of eyes.
Is the checklist free?
Yes, without an account.