Appendix Q: Hazard Control–Related Acronyms

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the quality tool’s impact on the effectiveness of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)-based food safety system and correlation studies between HACCP effectiveness and business performance in food and pharmaceutical industries. Design/methodology/approach A total of 116 survey responses of prominent food and pharmaceutical firms are used to fulfil the aim of this study. The principal component analysis (PCA) method was applied to classify quality tools into a finite number of groups. Further, multiple regression methods are employed to investigate the correlation between HACCP effectiveness and firm’s performance indicators. Findings Quality tools are classified into three categories on the basis of their application by using the PCA method: quality tools for hazard identification, quality tools for hazard analysis (QTHA) and quality tools for hazard control. The regression analysis revealed that QTHA has a substantial impact on HACCP objectives (hazard identification, hazard assessment and hazard control). Additionally, the results suggest that the successful implementation of HACCP-based food safety system also delivers a direct influence on the operational and financial performance of the food and pharmaceutical industries. Originality/value This paper contributes to the existing body of HACCP knowledge by providing a framework supported by an empirical case study. The case study clustered quality tools into three broad categories related to their application of a HACCP project. Study results can guide and motivate managers to use quality tools with the aim of successful implantation of the HACCP-based food safety system, especially in food and pharmaceutical industries.

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Rock Backfill and Hazard Control of Abandoned Stopes: A Case Study

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.368-370.1726 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 368-370 ◽

pp. 1726-1731

Author(s):

Yi Ming Wang ◽

Ming Qing Huang ◽

Ai Xiang Wu ◽

Gao Hui Yao ◽

Kai Jian Hu

Keyword(s):

Rock Burst ◽

Surface Subsidence ◽

Waste Rock ◽

Underground Mines ◽

Control Potential ◽

Land Usage ◽

Hazard Control ◽

Rock Movement ◽

Adjacent Rock

Goafs formed in mine-out areas threat the underground mines owing to possibilities of rock burst and surface subsidence. This paper aims to discuss the feasibility, design and construction of waste rock backfill in abandoned stopes. Based on goafs distribution and stabilities in the White Bull Mine, rock backfill system with a total volume of 362,000 m3in 8 gobs was designed and carried out. The system included technologically and economically feasible stopes, conveying equipments of tramcars, rock transfer by electric rakes, haulage network and mining workings. Field effects showed that rock backfill was applicable to control potential hazards. With rock filling, goaf utilization rates ranged from 60% to 70%, which helped to control adjacent rock movement, eliminate rock burst and surface subsidence. Additionally, backfill construction reduced the lift and transportation costs of rocks by about 50%, which further lowered the land usage of surface dumping.

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Application of the multiuse encapsulator agent F-500 for environmental remediation

Journal of Biological Research - Bollettino della Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale ◽

10.4081/jbr.2014.2131 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 87 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Luigi Pane ◽

Elisabetta Giacco ◽

Gian Luigi Mariottini

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Daphnia Magna ◽

Aquatic Environment ◽

Environmental Remediation ◽

Assessment Procedure ◽

Target Species ◽

Polluted Soils ◽

Hazard Control ◽

Ecotoxicological Evaluation ◽

Control Technologies

In the framework of the Risk Assessment procedure for the ecotoxicological evaluation of compounds used in the aquatic environment, tests with target species must be carried out. This paper reports the results concerning the evaluation of the acute toxicity of F-500 micelle encapsulator (Hazard Control Technologies Inc., Fayetteville, GA, USA) on cladocerans Daphnia magna, with the purpose to verify its compatibility for the aquatic environment and its adequacy for the remediation of soils polluted with hydrocarbons. The obtained results show that by adding F-500 to diesel-polluted soils, the toxicity on Daphnia magna decreases remarkably, indicating the usefulness of this compound to fight the environmental pollution consequent to hydrocarbon dumping.

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