Challenges in Performance of Food Safety Management Systems: A Case of Fish Processing Companies in Tanzania
| Autor: | Bendantunguka Tiisekwa, Pieternel A. Luning, Jamal B. Kussaga, Liesbeth Jacxsens |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Safety Management
Food Safety Sanitation Computer science Food Handling media_common.quotation_subject Context (language use) Food Contamination chain Microbiology Tanzania Documentation Animals Cluster Analysis Humans Quality (business) Food-Processing Industry haccp exports media_common VLAG industry model output business.industry plants Automation Product (business) Food Quality and Design Risk analysis (engineering) Seafood quality Critical control point Management system standards Equipment Contamination business listeria-monocytogenes Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Food Protection, 77(4), 621-630 Journal of Food Protection 77 (2014) 4 |
| ISSN: | 0362-028X |
| DOI: | 10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-13-254 |
| Popis: | This study provides insight for food safety (FS) performance in light of the current performance of core FS management system (FSMS) activities and context riskiness of these systems to identify the opportunities for improvement of the FSMS. A FSMS diagnostic instrument was applied to assess the performance levels of FSMS activities regarding context riskiness and FS performance in 14 fish processing companies in Tanzania. Two clusters (cluster I and II) with average FSMS (level 2) operating under moderate-risk context (score 2) were identified. Overall, cluster I had better (score 3) FS performance than cluster II (score 2 to 3). However, a majority of the fish companies need further improvement of their FSMS and reduction of context riskiness to assure good FS performance. The FSMS activity levels could be improved through hygienic design of equipment and facilities, strict raw material control, proper follow-up of critical control point analysis, developing specific sanitation procedures and company-specific sampling design and measuring plans, independent validation of preventive measures, and establishing comprehensive documentation and record-keeping systems. The risk level of the context could be reduced through automation of production processes (such as filleting, packaging, and sanitation) to restrict people's interference, recruitment of permanent high-skilled technological staff, and setting requirements on product use (storage and distribution conditions) on customers. However, such intervention measures for improvement could be taken in phases, starting with less expensive ones (such as sanitation procedures) that can be implemented in the short term to more expensive interventions (setting up assurance activities) to be adopted in the long term. These measures are essential for fish processing companies to move toward FSMS that are more effective. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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