Elaboración de un manual de Buenas Prácticas de Manufactura (BPM) para el molino Santa Rosa de la empresa Industrias Catedral S.A, Tungurahua

Abstract

This research is focused on the development of a Good Manufacturing Practices Manual for the Santa Rosa Mill of Industrias Catedral S.A., located in the parish of Santa Rosa, in order to be implemented in the future and obtain GMP certification by the National Agency for Regulation, Control and Sanitary Surveillance (ARCSA). Based on this background, a diagnosis of the current situation of the Santa Rosa mill was carried out using verification guide F1-B.5.3-ALI-02-02, which was adapted according to the current resolution ARCSA-DE-2022-016-AKRG; this guide contains 12 numerals and 3 scale levels (complies, does not comply, and does not apply); obtaining a noncompliance of 47.2 percent and 42.8 percent of compliance and 10 percent of parameters that do not apply. In addition, Standard Operating and Sanitation Procedures (SOPs) and (SSOPs) were developed based on the nonconformities identified at the plant, from the reception of raw materials to the dispatch of the final product, guaranteeing the consumer a safe and good quality food. Finally, an action plan was proposed in accordance with the corrective actions and a tentative budget was proposed, which when implemented will allow the company to overcome the nonconformities in the course of a year and begin the Good Manufacturing Practices certification process.