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Crab and crabmeat HACCP plans

Crabmeat — especially pasteurized or refrigerated RTE product — needs documented controls for pathogens and post-process contamination. Your plan should reflect cook/pasteurize steps, cooling, and cold chain integrity.

RTE crabmeat considerations

Listeria and other pathogens are a concern for ready-to-eat crabmeat. Sanitation, employee practices, and cold storage verification support the written CCP program.

Pasteurization and cooling

When pasteurization is a CCP, record critical limits, how you monitor every batch, and what corrective action looks like if a cook cycle fails.

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