The European Commission and the Food and Drug Administration in the USA suggest that risk management and assessment methods should be used to identify and control sources of microbial contamination1,2. A risk management method has been described by Whyte3,4 that is based on the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system but reinterpreted for use in cleanrooms, and called Risk Man...

Received 1/10/10 Accepted 12/10/11 (005090) 1 School of Agronomy Eliseu Maciel, Federal University of Pelotas – UFPel, CP 354, Pelotas, RS, Brazil, e-mail: [email protected] 2 School of Nutrition, Federal University of Pelotas – UFPel, Rua Gomes Carneiro, 1, Centro, CEP 96010-610, Pelotas, RS, Brazil *Corresponding author Effect of the implementation of the Hazard Analysis Critical Control...

The European Commission and the Food and Drug Administration in the USA suggest that risk management and assessment methods should be used to identify and control sources of microbial contamination1,2. A risk management method has been described by Whyte3,4 that is based on the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system but reinterpreted for use in cleanrooms, and called Risk Man...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) uses regulatory action criteria for filth and extraneous materials to evaluate adulteration of food products. The criteria are organized into three categories: health hazards, indicators of insanitation, and natural or unavoidable defects. The health hazard category includes criteria for physical, chemical, and microbiological hazards associated with ...

Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) is a plant often processed into brewing drinks such as tea. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Asha in Metro Lampung produces lemongrass tea with production process consisting of size reduction, washing, drying, powdering, packaging. To improve food safety the necessary to evaluate Good Manufacturing Practices/Good Food Production Methods (CPPB) prepare recomme...

This report identifies strategies used by public health inspectors in the Central West Region of Ontario during restaurant inspections, based on and comparing the perceptions of inspectors, their managers, and restaurant operators. Factors influencing the choice of strategies are reviewed, putting into perspective the importance of manager and policy expectations relative to other influences ex...

Food safety is a major risk for agribusiness firms. According to the Centers Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 5000 people die annually, 36,000 are hospitalized as result of foodborne outbreaks in United States. Globally, death estimate about 42,000 per year. A single outbreak could cost particular segment food industry hundreds millions dollars due recalls liability; these in...

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...

The World Trade Organization s Sanitary Phytosanitary Agreement facilitates the scrutiny of the benefits and costs of countrylevel regulatory programs and encourages regulatory rapprochement on food safety issues. In Taiwan, food safety control system (FSCS), which includes good hygienic practice (GHP) and hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP), has been developed to embody principles o...