What is corrective action in food safety?

• A. Steps taken to fix a problem identified during monitoring.
• B. Steps to create new products
• C. Steps to cancel safety plans
• D. Steps to ignore deviations

Answer: (A)

Corrective action is what you do when monitoring reveals a problem that doesn’t meet safety standards. It starts with identifying the root cause of the deviation and the affected product, then taking steps to fix the issue and stop it from happening again. Typical actions include isolating or stopping the affected product, reprocessing or disposing of unsafe portions, adjusting equipment or process parameters, updating procedures, providing additional training, and adding controls to prevent recurrence. It also involves documenting what was done and verifying that the changes worked before resuming normal production. This is about fixing a problem and preventing its recurrence, not about creating new products, canceling safety plans, or ignoring deviations.