If an establishment employee is not monitoring at the frequency specified in the HACCP plan, what type of noncompliance is this?

• A. Monitoring
• B. Verification
• C. Recordkeeping
• D. Corrective Actions

Answer: (A)

Not performing monitoring at the frequency specified means the monitoring element of the HACCP plan isn’t being carried out as required. Monitoring is the ongoing observation or measurement of CCPs to ensure they stay within critical limits. If this step isn’t done on schedule, there’s no timely data to confirm the process remains in control, which is exactly what the HACCP plan is designed to provide. Verification involves independent checks of the monitoring data and overall system, recordkeeping is about documenting what was monitored and what happened, and corrective actions are the steps taken when a deviation is found. So, the situation describes a monitoring noncompliance because the required monitoring activity isn’t performed as specified.