Hello all,
I have a dumb question... do mass balance audits (raw and finished product) trace back all ingredients including packaging? or is the scope only on one ingredient we select?
We are a dairy manufacturing plant, have been doing regular mock recalls regularly where we trace everything, but this mass balance is throwing me off...our finished products generally have: milk, vitamins, dry milk powder
anyone have an example they can share?
Thank you!
Hi there,
i also work at organic facility and i have struggled with mass balance because i had never done it prior to the time when i actually did it but it is simple.
1. Auditor picks any food ingredient in my case auditor asked what's widely used ingredient : xyz, then lets do mass balance on that.
2. the auditor will pick time frame for conducting mass balance,
3. which will include received material, starting, & ending inventory in the stated time frame, and all quantities used of the food ingredient in your process.
4. Waste should be accounted for
5. sales
6. loss/shrink
i made sop for my successor and i'm sharing a file which will make your life easy (basically how to calculate, the formulas, the works, etc,.)
let me know if you have any questions
Edited by Aartisharma98, 16 May 2024 - 07:17 PM.