HACCP and quality system in the food processing industry

Quality Enhancement in Food Processing through Haccp

Implementation of HACCP in the Mexican Poultry Processing Industry

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) is a safety and quality management tool used as major issue in international and domestic trade in food industry. However, detailed information on costs and benefits of HACCP implementation is needed to provide appropriate advice to food processing plants. This paper reports on the perceptions of costs and benefits by the Mexican poultry proces...

HACCP in the chocolate industry

Over the last 20 years chocolate products have been at the origin of several salmonellosis outbreaks involving mainly children. One of the main characteristics are the very low levels of Salmonella normally found in such contaminated products. Due to the low water activity, the pathogens are not able to grow but these conditions provide a good protection leading to increased heat resistance and...

HACCP: Industry versus Government

Few initiatives in the recent history of food safety regulation have approached the significance of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system. The HACCP concept is simple; it is a systematic, proactive approach to preventing food safety hazards by focusing resources at those points at which food safety hazards can be controlled, an alternative to generally reactive end-produ...

Smart Inventory Management System of Food-Processing-and- Distribution Industry

A food-processing-and-distribution company typically stores products in a warehouse before shipping them to customers. Inventory management is therefore important to the food-processing-and-distribution industry because of the large amount of products typically stored. Large amounts of stored products increase inventory cost and management cost and can reduce warehouse efficiency. Restated, inv...