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Ch 8 Case Study Maria, an owner/Operator of a family restaurant, realized that she needed to do more to keep her place safe. That meant taking charge of food safety in a more formal way than before. It was time to develop a food safety management system. Though she hadn’t had any formal training in HACCP, she wanted to develop a HACCP plan for her operation. Maria began by reviewing her menu to identify CCPs for each menu item. Most dishes on the menu were grilled items that were prepared, cooked,and then served. Maria determined that risks to these items could best be controlled through cooking, so she identified cooking as the CCP. Next , she identified critical limits for each CCP. For grilled hamburgers, she determined that cooking them to 155 F. for 15 sec. Would reduce pathogens to a safe level. For grilled chicken, she knew it was necessary to cook it to 165 F. for 15 sec. Maria decided to monitor the critical limits by having cooks press on the meet with their fingertips to c