Determining Hazards

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• Determining Potential Hazards at Each Process Level

• No

• Existence of potential hazards in raw material likely?

• Existence of potential hazard in line or environment likely?

• No Hazard Present

• No

• Unacceptable level, survival. persistence or increase at this step likely?

• Yes

• Contamination unacceptable?

• Yes

• Yes

• No Hazard Present

• Reduction, if any, at a further step sufficient?

• Yes

• Yes

• Warning Significant Hazard

• No