VACCP food vulnerability assessment template

VACCP (Vulnerability Assessment Critical Control Points) focuses on preventing intentional food fraud for economic gain, while HACCP addresses unintentional food safety hazards. Your VACCP template specifically identifies vulnerabilities where dishonest practices might occur in your supply chain, whereas HACCP controls physical, chemical, and biological risks during production.

You should review and update your VACCP assessment at least annually, but also whenever significant changes occur in your supply chain, ingredient sourcing, or market conditions. Economic pressures can rapidly shift fraud incentives, so regular reassessment helps ensure your mitigation strategies remain effective against emerging vulnerabilities.

Your VACCP assessment should include supplier evaluation criteria, ingredient fraud history analysis, market condition assessment, vulnerability scoring methodology, mitigation strategy documentation, and verification procedures. The template guides you through each component systematically, while helping you create a comprehensive fraud prevention program that satisfies certification requirements.

This template aligns with GFSI-recognized certification schemes that require food fraud vulnerability assessments. By systematically documenting your vulnerability analysis, risk assessment, and mitigation strategies, you demonstrate compliance with standards like FSSC 22000, BRC, and SQF, making certification audits more straightforward and reducing non-conformances related to food fraud prevention.