HACCP Plan Validation & Scientific Justification Services
Scientific Evidence. Regulatory Confidence. Audit-Ready Compliance.
Requirement Overview
Ensuring your HACCP Plan is scientifically sound is a mandatory requirement under FDA and USDA regulations, GFSI-benchmarked schemes such as; SQF, BRCGS, FSSC 22000, IFS, and customer-driven food safety programs.
Our HACCP Plan Validation & Scientific Justification Services provide the technical evidence, analytical studies, and documented rationale needed to prove your food safety controls work as intended—every time.
Why Validation Matters
Regulators and auditors require written proof that your Critical Control Points (CCPs), critical limits, and preventive controls effectively reduce or eliminate food safety hazards. Our validation support ensures your HACCP Plan is built on scientifically defensible data, reducing risk and strengthening compliance.
Regulators and auditors require written proof that your Critical Control Points (CCPs), critical limits, and preventive controls effectively reduce or eliminate food safety hazards. Our validation support ensures your HACCP Plan is built on scientifically defensible data, reducing risk and strengthening compliance.
Our HACCP Validation Services
Scientific Validation of CCPs & Critical Limits
We provide full scientific justification for all CCPs in your HACCP Plan, including:
- ✓ Literature reviews from scientific authorities
- ✓ Reference to pathogen reduction and thermal inactivation standards
- ✓ Validation of metal detection, cooking, cooling, chilling, and sanitation CCPs
- ✓ Audit-ready documentation packages with citations
All validation outputs include scientifically supported critical limits and compliance-aligned summaries.
Microbiological Testing Support & Study Design
We develop and coordinate microbiological validation studies tailored to your products and processes:
- ✓ Indicator and pathogen testing
- ✓ Challenge studies
- ✓ Environmental monitoring validation
- ✓ Sampling plans and test interpretation
Our team ensures testing meets regulatory expectations and global best practices.
Temperature & Time Validation for Cooking, Cooling & RTE Processes
We conduct process validations to confirm that your thermal and cooling steps consistently achieve required lethality or stabilization:
- ✓ Thermal mapping and cold-spot identification
- ✓ Cooking, pasteurization, smoking, and retort validation
- ✓ Cooling and chilling validation per FDA Food Code & USDA FSIS requirements
- ✓ Scientific justification for RTE lethality steps
Shelf-Life Validation Studies
Our shelf-life programs include:
- ✓ Microbial growth studies
- ✓ Predictive modeling and challenge testing
- ✓ Organoleptic evaluations
- ✓ Spoilage organism assessment
We provide scientifically defensible shelf-life assignments with full documentation.
Water Activity (aw), pH & Pathogen Reduction Validation
We validate critical product attributes that control pathogen growth:
- ✓ aw and pH measurement and method justification
- ✓ pH equilibration and stabilization studies
- ✓ Growth/no-growth modeling
- ✓ Scientific justification of critical limits
All reports include validated calculations, data tables, and citations.
Deliverables You Receive
Each engagement includes:
- ✓ A full Validation Report with scientific evidence
- ✓ Clear justification for CCPs and critical limits
- ✓ Laboratory results, charts, and supporting data
- ✓ Regulatory references (FDA, USDA, GFSI, Codex)
- ✓ Audit-ready documentation formatted for HACCP, Preventive Controls, and FSVP inspections
Who This Service Is Ideal For
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✓ FDA and USDA regulated facilities
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✓ GFSI (SQF, BRCGS, FSSC) certified manufacturers
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✓ Importers needing verification under FSVP
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✓ RTE foods, low-moisture foods, acidified foods, and extended-shelf-life products
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✓ Co-manufacturers and private label producers
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✓ Any business wanting stronger validation evidence before audits or regulatory visits
Strengthen Your HACCP Validation Today
Validation is one of the most scrutinized components of any food safety audit. Don’t wait for an FDA, USDA, or GFSI auditor to identify gaps—resolve them proactively with scientific certainty.
Validation is one of the most scrutinized components of any food safety audit. Don’t wait for an FDA, USDA, or GFSI auditor to identify gaps—resolve them proactively with scientific certainty.
Get Your HACCP Validation Started
Whether you need CCP validation, shelf-life studies, microbial testing support, or complete scientific justification, our team is ready to help.
- ✓ Request a Proposal
- ✓ Schedule a Consultation
- ✓ Start Your HACCP Validation Project
Let’s build a HACCP Plan backed by science, not assumptions.
