Weak points of HACCP prerequisite program operation at slaughterhouses in Korea

This study was performed to investigate latent problems of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) prerequisiteprogram operation at Korean slaughterhouses. We analyzed the slaughterhouses HACCP operation assessmentreports implemented by Consumers Union of Korea during 2007 through 2008, and also reviewed the livestock productsHACCP instruction manual published by Korea National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service. Non-compliancerates were 14.2% of facility management and 10.9% of sanitary management at mammal slaughterhouses, and 7.4% offacility management and 6.7% of sanitary management at poultry slaughterhouses. A big obstacle to better HACCPoperation was a repeated non-compliances identified at the same slaughterhouse. Twenty-six inspection items of thefacility management, which were same items used for the business permission standard, is required to be amended toa safety control purpose. Sanitary management items also should be complemented to more precise contents for practicaland objective evaluation.