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Welcome to the Alberta HACCP Advantage (AHA!) Home Page
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All About Food Safety
Alberta HACCP Advantage (AHA!) is a voluntary program established by Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD), in cooperation with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. AHA! is a food safety program that has resources to assist processors in developing, improving and implementing a food safety system to meet the requirements of their current customers and may also help gain new customers. AHA! was developed to complement current food safety regulations, and to facilitate consistent program development within the processing industry.
The goal of the Alberta HACCP Advantage (AHA!) program is to assist processors in implementing a complete and effective food safety program. An effective food safety program identifies hazards and measures to prevent, eliminate or reduce hazards during the processing and production of food. It is an outcome based approach, which provides flexibility during implementation, regardless of your operation.
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Top 5 Reasons to Develop and Implement a Food Safety Program
- Increased food safety
- Increased customer confidence in food safety
- Meeting and exceeding customer requirements
- Best practices by staff constantly reinforced
- Reduced waste (operational, recalls)
Other Important Reasons
- Maintain or improve market access
- Ongoing efficient systems management
- After implementation, reduced staff training and re-training
- Feedback for continuous improvement
- Improved product quality and consistency
- Reduced liability, possilby reduced liability premiums
Our Role
- To develop and package information that promotes the safety of food products in AB.
- To encourage/assist the food industry (food producers and processors) to develop and implement food safety process control systems.
Contact Us
We want to hear what you have to say about our programs. Click here to find a food safety specialist in your area. To provide comments, feedback or ask questions, call 780-415-4513 (to be connected toll free call 310-0000), or email the AHA! team aha@gov.ab.ca
Selecting a Qualified Food Safety Consultant
Click the icon below for tips on selecting a qualified food safety consultant. | Tools and Resources
Growing Forward Funding
FAQ'S
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AHA! Good News Stories
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AHA! HACCP certified facilities
- Click here to view a list of certified facilities.
| Food Safety Links
- Alberta Food Processors Association
- Agriculture and Agri-food Canada
- Food Regulatory Issues Division: Regulatory requirements for health claims, novel foods, natural health products, marketing claims, vitamins and minerals, ingredients, additives, fibre and nutrition labeling, as well as advice and mentoring.
- BC Small Scale Food Processors Association
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
- Food Processing HR Council
- Food Safety Magazine
- Leduc Food Processing Development Centre
- Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI)
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
- The Lean Journey: an online resource specificially for the food processing industry to learn about continuous imporvment through lean thinking principles and tools.
- USDA Bad Bug Book
- United States: Export Link - For more information on the Food Safety Modernization Act, please contact Wanda Aubee at 780-415-4522.
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Click here to learn more about other science based systems and processes in place to ensure food safety in Alberta, including traceability, biosecurity initiatives, and much more. |
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