Our Purpose
The Master Brewers Food Safety Committee is committed to providing resources, knowledge, tools, and education to brewers to help you achieve the highest levels of food safety in your brewery. Our goals are to provide technical food safety guidance, tools and programs such as HACCP and GMP, and to interpret governmental regulations pertaining to food safety into those easily adapted to your unique circumstances.
Our goals:
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Give technical food safety guidance
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Provide tools and programs, such as Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
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Interpret governmental regulations pertaining to food safety into those easily adapted to their unique circumstances.
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General Resources
Start here for a guide to food safety for your brewery. Explore our flow chart or skip right to the supporting documents.
Food Safety Bites
Food safety is often an afterthought when opening a new brewery. However, it is an integral part of making a food-safe product. Beer is considered food and should be treated as such, regardless of the size of the brewery. The Master Brewers Food Safety Committee regularly releases Food Safety Bulletins, called Food Safety Bites, for a deep dive into subjects that affect your everyday life in the brewery world. Food Safety Bites provide key information about relevant food safety topics to help you improve your programs or implement new ones.
