EVALUATION REPORT
Feedback on Notice 29-02 HACCP Verification Procedures and 30-Day Reassessment Letter
September 2002
Purpose
This report presents results of an evaluation
of Notice 29-02: HACCP Verification
Procedures and the 30-day Reassessment
Letter issued August 9, 2002. The purpose
of the evaluation is to assess the clarity of the
Notice and provide recommendations for its
reissue.
Method
The original plan for this evaluation was to
survey users to obtain their feedback on the
Notice’s clarity and usefulness. However,
when reviewing the Notice in preparation for
designing the survey, many issues were
noted that did not warrant a survey to
support. Considering this fact in addition to
providing timely feedback and reducing
respondent burden, the following evaluation
is based on a critical review of the Notice by
the Program Evaluation and Improvement
Staff. The review focuses on determining if
the body of the Notice clearly identifies the
following essential components to provide
satisfactory instruction to the field: title,
responsible parties, inspection procedures,
required actions, time frames, references,
accountability measures and enforcement
actions. The format is also addressed.
Key Findings
• Title and purpose do not convey clearly
the contents of the Notice.
• The Question and Answer format does
not provide easy to follow directions.
• The order of the contents as presented is
confusing and it is not clear why
directions for the 30-day reassessment
letter are included with the rest of the
Notice.
• Notice uses terminology that is not
clear and requires additional knowledge
of
regulations
and
inspection
procedures that, if not known, would
require time and effort to obtain.
• Notice does not identify the specific
inspection personnel
to
carry out
specific procedures and actions.
• Notice does not
identify
relevant
accountability and enforcement actions.
Recommendations
• Ensure title and purpose clearly describe
the contents of the