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Administrative Order No. 208 s. 1974 on Human Food; Current Good Manufacturing Practice (Sanitation) in Manufacture, Processing, Packing of Holding.

Country/Territory
Philippines
Document type
Regulation
Date
1974
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Procedural matters Standards Hygiene/sanitary procedures Inspection
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia
Entry into force notes
This regulation enters into force 30 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Abstract

This Administrative Order establishes requirements and criteria in determining whether the facilities, methods, practices and controls used in the manufacturing, processing, packing, or holding of food are in conformity with or are operated or administered with good manufacturing practices to assure that food for human consumption is safe and has been prepared, packed, and held under sanitary conditions. Each facility plant shall be equipped with adequate sanitary conditions and accommodations including, but not limited to the following: a) Water supply sufficient for the operations intended and from an adequate source. b) Sewage disposal made into an adequate system. c) Plumbing. All operations in the receiving, inspecting, transporting, packaging, segregating, preparing, processing, and storing of food shall be conducted in accord with adequate sanitation principles. Overall sanitation of the plant shall be under the supervision of an individual assigned responsibility for this function.

Full text
English
Website
ww2.fda.gov.ph