Consumers expect the food they purchase to be safe. Governments seek to provide them with assurances of food safety through regulation, but additional steps are needed to more fully address the issue. Producers are increasingly aware of their responsibility in this area and are working in concert with other segments of the agri-food industry. Hazard analysis critical control point-based (HACCP)...

There is rising concern for food safety as it relates to all phases of food production and preparation from “farm to fork." The growing importance of food safety in schools is evident with the recent adoption of the following food safety position statement by the American School Food Service Association (ASFSA, 2002): “ASFSA will initiate and support collaborative efforts to ensure that schools...

Quantitative microbiological risk assessment (QMRA), predictive modelling and HACCP may be used as tools to increase food safety and can be integrated fruitfully for many purposes. However, when QMRA is applied for public health issues like the evaluation of the status of public health, existing predictive models may not be suited to model bacterial growth. In this context, precise quantificati...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and applicability of a HACCP-based program for use in restaurants. PARTICIPANTS A randomly selected sample of 16 intervention and 42 control full service, "stand-alone" restaurants with a minimum of 3 full-time food handling staff on duty per shift. SETTING Six communities in Central West Ontario. INTERVENTION The Critical Approach, a HACCP-based program...

Incorporating Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) in the initial stages of food product development allows for an assessment of the risk and severity of hazards, which may be associated with the raw materials used, their processing, the system of distribution, and the intended use. Implementation of a HACCP plan provides a mechanism to ensure that product safety is continuously achi...

This paper seeks to shed further light on the factors contributing to the emerging global food crisis by examining the reasons for an unusual downturn in dairy food production in Australia, from where 11% of the world trade in dairy foods originates.

This article explores the barriers that prevent the adoption of HACCP system by food processing firms in Ontario, Canada. The study identifies four key groups of barriers that prevent firms from adopting HACCP system in their food safety control programs, namely questionable appropriateness, scale of change, low priority and financial constraints. The severity of barriers is significantly diffe...

In the care of patients, the prevention of nosocomial infections is crucial. For it to be successful, cross-sectoral, interface-oriented hygiene quality management is necessary. The goal is to apply the HACCP (Hazard Assessment and Critical Control Points) concept to hospital hygiene, in order to create a multi-dimensional hygiene control system based on hygiene indicators that will overcome th...