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<strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> <strong>Milk</strong><br />

Glossary<br />

Audit*<br />

Auditor*<br />

Word or Phrase<br />

Best Management<br />

Practices (BMPs)<br />

Definition<br />

A systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining audit<br />

evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which audit<br />

criteria are fulfilled.<br />

A person with the competence to conduct an audit.<br />

BMPs are equivalent to prerequisite programs of HAACP and describe the<br />

production processes. The CQM program has 8 major BMP subject areas,<br />

which are:<br />

1. Dairy Facilities, Pesticides and Nutrient Management<br />

2. Feed<br />

3. Animal Health and Biosecurity<br />

4. Medicines and Chemicals Used on Livestock<br />

5. <strong>Milk</strong>ing Management<br />

6. Facility and Equipment Sanitation<br />

7. Use of Water for Cleaning <strong>Milk</strong> Contact Surfaces<br />

8. Staff Training and Communication<br />

Buffer tank<br />

Bulk tank<br />

Control (noun)<br />

Control (verb)<br />

Control Measures<br />

Corrective Actions*<br />

Refrigerated tank that receives and stores milk when the bulk tank is being<br />

emptied or washed and until it has collected a sufficient volume of milk to<br />

move back to bulk tank without freezing the milk.<br />

Primary refrigerated tank that receives and stores milk.<br />

The state wherein correct procedures are being followed and criteria are<br />

being met.<br />

To take all necessary actions to ensure and maintain compliance with criteria<br />

established in the HAACP plan.<br />

Actions and activities that can be used to prevent or eliminate a food safety<br />

hazard or reduce it to an acceptable level.<br />

Action to eliminate the cause of a detected nonconformity or other<br />

undesirable situation.<br />

Note 1: there can be more than one cause for a nonconformity.<br />

Note 2: Corrective action is taken to prevent recurrence whereas preventive<br />

action is taken to prevent occurrence.<br />

Note 3: There is a distinction between correction and corrective action.<br />

Critical Control Point<br />

(CCP)<br />

Critical Limit<br />

A point, step or procedure at which control can be applied and a food safety<br />

hazard can be prevented, eliminated or reduced to acceptable levels.<br />

A criterion which separates acceptability from unacceptability.<br />

12—2<br />

June 2010

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