Validation of safety of bamboo skewers

I am very new to the industry as a QA Technician and product developer, this platform is huge huge support in a lot of critical topics.

We produce frozen kebabs on bamboo skewers, I was wondering if there are certain validation processes required which should serve as a proof that the company is aware of any food safety issues related to such skewers, and has process in place to mitigate any risk.

Would highly appreciate some guidance from the sea of experts here, in terms of what documents are important to sign off the usage of skewers.

Thank you & warm regards,

Urmi 

Hi Urmi,

Your supplier of bamboo skewers has to be approved (food certified). Do a risk analysis on this item, such as potential contamination, physical - splinters etc.

Put the risk in your HACCP plan with a strategy to control the process. Plus what kconf mentioned and being food grade (supplier verification process). 

We have a SOP for skewers and quality control checks them for splinters and broken ones. We also have a policy that states if a skewer breaks during the process, the whole product with skewer is thrown away. 

I am very new to the industry as a QA Technician and product developer, this platform is huge huge support in a lot of critical topics.

 

We produce frozen kebabs on bamboo skewers, I was wondering if there are certain validation processes required which should serve as a proof that the company is aware of any food safety issues related to such skewers, and has process in place to mitigate any risk.

 

Would highly appreciate some guidance from the sea of experts here, in terms of what documents are important to sign off the usage of skewers.

 

Thank you & warm regards,

Urmi 

You're probably already doing most of it.  With inserts and 'packaging' materials inside the package it is usually worth including a "Known Hazards" policy document in your HACCP plan to identify things like the skewer, or an oxygen absorber, as well as natural hazards like bone or other raw material related FM, and identify the processes and policies used to manage those known hazards.