Food Safety Self-Control Concept (Selbstkontrollkonzept / HACCP)

FOOD SAFETY SELF-CONTROL CONCEPT (SELBSTKONTROLLKONZEPT)

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Prepared under the Lebensmittelgesetz (LMG) and Lebensmittel- und Gebrauchsgegenständeverordnung (LGV) — every food business in Switzerland must operate a documented self-control system (Selbstkontrolle). This concept is benchmarked against the "Leitlinie Gute Verfahrenspraxis im Gastgewerbe" (GVG), a hygiene guideline published by GastroSuisse and approved by the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen "BLV").

1. RESPONSIBILITY 1.1. Person responsible for food safety self-control: Person responsible for self-control.

2. PROCESSES COVERED 2.1. Processes covered

3. HAZARDS AND CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS (CCP) 3.1. Hazards & critical control points (CCP)

4. CRITICAL LIMITS 4.1. Critical limits

5. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS 5.1. Corrective actions

6. TEMPERATURE MONITORING 6.1. Temperature monitoring reference — see the separate Temperature Control Log template (norm: ≤5°C cold storage, ≤−18°C frozen storage, ≥65°C hot holding).

7. CLEANING AND DISINFECTION 7.1. Cleaning & disinfection reference — see the separate Cleaning & Hygiene Schedule template.

8. ALLERGEN INFORMATION 8.1. Allergen information handling — information on the 14 regulated allergens is mandatory under the LGV; an oral answer from staff is permitted only if the menu clearly states where to ask, and staff must actually be able to answer correctly (see the separate Allergen Declaration template).

9. STAFF TRAINING 9.1. Staff hygiene training reference

10. CANTONAL TEMPLATES AND SIMPLIFIED DOCUMENTATION 10.1. Cantonal template used, if any 10.2. ⚠️ Some cantons (e.g. St. Gallen) publish their own simplified Selbstkontrollkonzept template for micro-businesses. Micro-businesses may document their self-control more simply, but the concept itself must exist and be demonstrable at inspection — keep this document as the master reference and align it with any cantonal template used locally.

11. REVIEW 11.1. Last verified: Last verification date. Next review due: Next review date.

Prepared by: Person responsible for self-control Approved by: ______________

— — — ⚠️ This is a boilerplate template, not legal advice. Swiss employment, consumer-protection, data-protection, and food-safety law (Code of Obligations "OR"/"CO", L-GAV/CCNT für das Gastgewerbe, Arbeitsgesetz "ArG"/ArGV 1, Datenschutzgesetz "DSG" 2023, LMG/LGV) includes significant cantonal variation (minimum wages, Meldeschein/guest-registration forms, Kurtaxe rates, Spesenreglement approval, hygiene guidance, alcohol age limits) and the L-GAV minimum-wage figures are re-indexed every year — have this document reviewed and adapted by a Swiss employment/legal advisor and verified against your canton before use. Where a German-, French- or Italian-language version of this document is also used, that version prevails in case of conflict.