The historic 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) focused on prevention and established new rules to reduce potential food-borne health risks.
Although coffee is a low-risk food, the FDA requires food safety plans for nearly all food manufacturing facilities (and yes, coffee is a food). This includes green coffee importers, roasters, manufacturers of flavored or instant/soluble coffee, extract manufacturers, and processors of
decaffeinated coffee.
How the NCA Can Help
To help organizations get started, the NCA developed sample food safety plans tailored to coffee manufacturing settings, with industry-specific hazards and controls -- exclusively for NCA members.
These sample plans must be adapted to your specific facility, and include:
Check to see if your organization is a member or learn more about joining the NCA!
Why Use the Sample Coffee FSMA Food Safety Plans?
Developed by experienced coffee industry food safety experts, these sample plans can be used to develop a plan specific for your facility or to update and strengthen an existing plan.
Your customers expect you to be in compliance with safety standards and your company could be hit with potentially severe fines and other penalties for non-compliance with FSMA.