Haccp is standa for hazard analysis and critical control points. Faced with the risk of large-scale toxic infection, the latest food crises, the increased life span of products and the lengthening of the food chain, hypermarkets, supermarkets and certain countries have developed private sector schemes (ifs for the french and germans, brc for the british) based on the haccp method to guarantee the safety of their own-brand products. But questions soon arose regarding harmonisation via an internationally recognised standard framework that would allow everyone in the food chain, and not just those in the food processing sector, to offer consumers safe products. haccp is built around seven principlesanalysis of food hazards: biological, chemical or physicalidentification of critical control points: raw materials, storage, processing, distribution and consumptionestablishment of critical control limits and preventive measures: for example, minimum cooking temperature and timemonitoring of these critical control pointsestablishment of corrective actionskeeping recordsestablishing a systematic and regular auditing of the system in place by independent third party certification bodies. benefits of implementing haccphaccp can be applied throughout the food chain from the primary producer to final consumer :haccp reduces the need for finished product testing by identifying the hazards associated with the inputs into the process and the product and devising control measures which can be monitored in order to minimize or eliminate the hazards. Haccp will significantly reduce the chance of microbiological, chemical, and physical contaminants from reaching the customer. Haccp can reduce regulatory involvement (and hence costs) by replacing on-line inspection with regular auditing. Haccp principles can be applied to other aspects of food quality and regulatory requirements.