HACCP is mandatory for manufacturers of which products?

• A. Dairy products only
• B. Meat and poultry, seafood, and juice products
• C. All foods
• D. None

Answer: (B)

HACCP is a preventive system that federal regulations require for specific product categories to control hazards at critical points in production. In the United States, meat and poultry products must have a HACCP plan under USDA/FSIS rules, seafood products must have HACCP under FDA’s Seafood HACCP Regulation, and juice products must have HACCP under FDA’s Juice HACCP Regulation. Because these categories are federally mandated to use HACCP, they are the ones listed as needing HACCP plans. Dairy products are not universally required to have HACCP at the federal level (they rely on pasteurization and CGMPs, with some voluntary HACCP implementations), so they are not included in the mandatory set.