PAC HACCP Project Steering Committee Meeting March 22, 2006

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PAC HACCP ProjectSteering Committee
MeetingMarch 22, 2006
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Agenda March 22, 2006

• Welcome---Scott Wilson
• Project Background Roger Miller
• PAC and Food Safety
• Project history, participants, achievements
• PAC HACCP 2005-2006 Pilot Projects Paul Medeiros
  GFTC
• Paper, Rigid Plastics, Flexible Packaging
• Jones Packaging Larry Shortt
• Graphic Packaging International Roy Crichton
• Cousins-Currie Patrick Subban
• AAFC-CFIA HACCP Projects Dr. Garth Sundeen,
  Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• Packaging and HACCP - Fillers Perspective
• Debra Krug-Reyes Kraft Global
• Lorne Hietala Parmalat Canada
• 2006 and beyond Roger Miller
• Outstanding issues / concerns / opportunities
  Roger Miller
• Q A---All
• Wrap-up Richard Pileski Peel Plastics PAC
  Director
• Adjourn---Approximately 4 PM

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Please

• Write down your questionswe will have a Q A
  session
• Participate
• Sign the attendance sheet (and update your
  contact info)
• In respect to others at this meeting,
• Turn off or mute your cell phone and pager

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Official Project Title

• FOOD SAFETY INITIATIVE FOR PACKAGING MATERIALS
  THAT HAVE DIRECT OR INCIDENTIAL CONTACT WITH
  FOODS

HACCP Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
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Project Background

• History
• Participants
• Achievements
• Organizational structure

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Project History

• Phase 1
• PAC Enabling committee established in 2002 to
  develop an better understanding of the Canadian
  Food Safety Adaptation Program (CFSAP) sponsored
  by Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
• Industry meeting held in January 2003 which
  recommended that a project be undertaken to
  enhance the safety aspects of food packaging
  materials

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PAC Perspective

• About PAC
• Serves all aspects of the packaging community
• Fillers, converters, importers, exporters,
  consultants, distributors, wholesalers, retailers
• Canadian packaging material business for food is
  approx. 7 billion annually

• Packaging Materials
• Paper / Corrugated
• Rigid Plastics
• Flexible Plastics
• Glass
• Metals
• Composites

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Packaging Materials

• Why is HACCP a priority for Canadian package
  converters?
• Food industry focusour customers
• HACCP is the recognized protocol for food safety
• Canada is a huge exporter of foods
• We need to defend out international markets
• Canada is a huge importer of foods
• We need to protect the integrity of food in
  Canada
• We need to ensure a level playing field

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Who are Involved?

• Package suppliers
• converters, importers, brokers
• Raw material suppliers
• Resin, metals, glass, paper, inks, etc.
• Distribution service suppliers
• Transport, warehouses, distribution centers
• Buyers, fillers, users
• They specify the materials

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VisionEnabling Committee January 2003
A Canadian food safety program that includes
packaging materials that have been manufactured
to a recognized voluntary standard based on HACCP
principles Industry-wide usage of the standard,
both domestic and imports Recognized Canadian
audit and certification capabilities High
industry / public awareness of the need for a
recognized standard
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Industry Expectations

• Canadian industry will use the PAC HACCP Standard
  extensively
• Increased food safety awareness in the packaging
  material converter / supplier community
• Canadian food products will demonstrate superior
  safety characteristics
• Canadian food will continue to be accepted world
  wide
• Food importers will require their suppliers to
  meet the standard

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Development Plan for HACCP

• Prerequisitesthe common GMPs for the converting
  industries
• Premises
• Transportation and Storage
• Equipment
• Sanitation and Pest Control
• Personnel
• Recall and traceability
• HACCP for specific conversion processes
• Flexible Packaging
• Rigid Plastics
• Paper
• Metal
• Glass

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Organization
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Packaging Association of Canada
Food Safety HACCP Project
CFSQP
Funding Technical Support
Industry in-kind resources and support
Project Coordinator Packaging Consultant
Food Safety and Food Science Specialists
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Steering Advisory Committee
Rigid Plastic Working Committee
Pilot Field Trials
Paper Working Committee
Flexible Working Committee
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Phase 2

• Started development of the PAC HACCP Voluntary
  Standard in March 2003
• Prerequisites
• Prerequisite Work Book
• Flexible Packaging Standard
• Flexible Packaging Standard Work Book
• 2 Pilot field trials (The Packaging Group and
  Chantler Packaging)
• Translation into French
• Completed June 2004
• Over 40 companies participated
• Extensive promotional effortsjournal articles,
  website, trade show booth

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Phase 3 2005-2006

• Rigid Plastics Standardinjection and blow
  molding
• Rigid plastics work book
• Translation to French
• 2 pilot field trials for rigid plastics
• Paper Standardcorrugate, boxboard, sheet paper
• Paper work book
• Translation to French
• 3 pilot field trials for paper
• 1 Flexible packaging pilot field trial (will
  make a total of 3 including the previous program)
• Upgrades and enhancements to the Prerequisites

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Paper Rigid Plastics Development

• 2 working committees
• 25 companies participated
• Each committee met for 8 days over 7 months
• Excellent support from CFIA HACCP specialists
• Outstanding effort by the participants to provide
  a comprehensive and actionable document
• Development of the mandate for the following
  pilot sites
• English to French translation

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Working Committees

• Each committee includes
• Converters
• Typically senior operations quality managers
• Other stakeholders
• Fillers
• Brand owners
• Retailers
• Distributors
• Food specialists (Industry and Government)
• Packaging specialists

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2005-2006 Pilot Sites

• Cousins-Currie Rigid Plastics (blow molding)
  (EN)
• Graphic PackagingPaperboard Film (Laminating)
  (EN)
• Jones Packaging (2 sites)Paper (paperboard
  cartons) (EN)
• Norampac Paper (corrugate boxes) (FR)
• Plasticap Rigid Plastics (injection molding)
  (EN)
• Sonoco Flexible Packaging (Film) (FR)

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