GB/T 20938-2007Good manufacturing practice for canned food (English PDF)

1 Scope

This standard specifies terms and definitions, plant environment, plant buildings and facilities, equipment as well as tools and instruments, personnel management and training, material control and management, manufacturing process control, quality management, sanitary control, finished product storage and transport, documents and records, complaint handling, product recall as well as establishment and examination of management system of canned food enterprises.

This standard is applicable to design, construction, renovation, production management and technical management of canned food plant.

2 Normative References

The following normative documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. For dated references, subsequent amendments (excluding corrections), or revisions, of any of these publications do not apply to this standard. However parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the normative documents indicated below. For undated references, the latest edition of the normative document referred to applies.

GB 2760 Hygienic Standards for Uses of Food Additives

GB 5749 Standards for Drinking Water Quality

GB/T 10785 A Series of Specifications for Light Gauge Metal Containers-open-top-round Cans

GB/T 14251 Technical Specifications of Round Tin-plate Container for Canned Foods

3 Terms and Definitions

For the purposes of this standard, the following terms and definitions apply.

4 Plant Environment