Sanitary Transportation - Food Grade Bulk Receiving and Loading (KAT)
FDA has identified Bulk liquid receiving and loading as a possible Key Activity Type (KAT) which relates to not only FDA Food Defense Vulnerability Assessments but also to the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food.
Food Grade Bulk Transports travel many miles each day. Whether they are filled with product or in transport to a wash station or in route to a loading location; what do we really know about these vessels? Effective cleaning these transports between loads or between multiple loads of the same product – how do we know they are truly cleaned? Have they been sanitized? Have they been inspected? Are they sealed? What is the history of the vessel? What products has it carried in the past? Is the food grade wash station performing effective washes? Has this process been completed in manner that protects our products? Whether we are loading a tanker? Or unloading bulk product from the tanker? What must we do to ensure our products are safe and unadulterated? Who truly monitors these?
It is truly amazing the amount of product that is transported via bulk tankers. What do we know about this process and what should we be doing to ensure that our products are not put at risk (in effective cleaning, adulteration and cross contamination or contact)?