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Corrective action

Meaning in food science & technology, with examples

nounCore term

In food science & technology, corrective action means: The steps taken when something goes wrong, such as a missed critical limit or an audit finding, to deal with the affected product and stop the problem from happening again.

In Turkish: düzeltici faaliyet

How it is used

Used in HACCP plans, audits and quality systems. A good corrective action includes an immediate correction, a root cause analysis and steps to prevent the problem from coming back. People say 'take corrective action', 'close a corrective action' or talk about CAPA (corrective and preventive action).

Example sentences

  1. As a corrective action, all product made since the last good check was put on hold.

  2. The auditor gave us 28 days to send evidence of corrective action.

Common collocations

  • take corrective action
  • corrective action plan
  • root cause analysis
  • CAPA
  • close out a corrective action
  • nonconformityA failure to meet a requirement, such as a specification, a procedure, a standard or the law, found in a product, a process or during an audit.
  • critical limitThe maximum or minimum value, such as a temperature, time or pH, that must be met at a critical control point to keep a hazard under control.
  • auditA planned, systematic check of a factory, its documents and its practices by an auditor to see whether they meet a standard, a customer's requirements or the law.
  • HACCPHazard Analysis and Critical Control Points: a preventive system that identifies food safety hazards and controls them at specific steps of production, based on seven principles.
  • monitorTo check or measure something regularly, such as a temperature at a CCP, and record the results so that problems are noticed and dealt with quickly.

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