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Documentation and record-keeping – Step 12, Principle 7











FAO. 2023. Documentation and record-keeping – Step 12, Principle 7. FAO Good Hygiene Practices (GHP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Toolbox for Food Safety. Rome. 



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