Food safety management by private actors: rationale and impact on supply chain stakeholders

2013 ◽  
pp. 111-143
Author(s):  
Cristina Grazia ◽  
Abdelhakim Hammoudi
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Industrial Economics ◽  
Private Standards ◽  
European Public ◽  
Private Actors

This paper first presents a state of the art of international and European public policies on food safety in agrifood supply chains. It also reviews initiatives set by private actors in this field. The analysis focuses on the economic effects resulting from the combination of these two approaches compared to their potential effects in terms of the reduction of sanitary risks faced by consumers. Starting from a critical review of the literature and from an analysis based on the new industrial economics tools, the authors show how, under certain conditions, the objective of safety in agrifood supply chains may be only partially achieved because of economic distortions arising from the combined effect of public policies and private standards.

Shift in performance of food safety management systems in supply chains: case of green bean chain in Kenya versus hot pepper chain in Uganda

2015 ◽  
Vol 96 (10) ◽  
pp. 3380-3392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Nanyunja ◽  
Liesbeth Jacxsens ◽  
Klementina Kirezieva ◽  
Archileo N Kaaya ◽  
Mieke Uyttendaele ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Green Bean ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Hot Pepper ◽  
Safety Management Systems

Integrated Approach Across Prerequisite Programmes and Actions Based on the HACCP Principles A

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 6051-2018
Author(s):  
AGNIESZKA JACKOWSKA-TRACZ ◽  
MICHAŁ TRACZ ◽  
KRZYSZTOF ANUSZ
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Control Points ◽  
Underlying Assumption ◽  
Critical Control Points ◽  
Official Control ◽  
Private Standards ◽  
Haccp System ◽  
Medium Risk

Food business operators are required to implement and maintain a system based on the HACCP principles. The HACCP is the only food safety management system, the implementation of which is obligatory. The standards laid down by the Codex Alimentarius Commission serve as benchmarks not only for the obligatory implementation of the HACCP system principles, but also for private standards such as ISO, IFS or BRC. A voluntary implementation of private standards may lead to a wrong assumption that food companies do not necessarily have to, but only may comply with the guidelines laid down by the implemented standard. The HACCP system guarantees no absolute food safety in and of itself. The underlying assumption of the HACCP system is that high-risk hazards should be controlled with the use of CCPs. It is impossible to identify critical control points in all enterprises. In certain food businesses, there are exclusively medium-risk or low-risk hazards that may be controlled with OPRPs or PRPs, respectively. The awareness on the role of critical control points and prerequisite programmes in the producer's efforts to prevent or eliminate hazards, or to reduce them to acceptable levels is a key for performing a comprehensive supervision. During the performance of an official control, instead of focusing exclusively on the HACCP procedures, it is reasonable to apply an integrated approach comprising both prerequisite programmes and the HACCP principles..

A systematic literature review of food safety management system implementation in global supply chains

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tram Thi Bich Nguyen ◽  
Dong Li
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Management System ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Safety Management System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Food

PurposeThe study sets to summarise managerial requirements, analyse practices and tools to measure food safety management system (FSMS) implementation. Also, underpinned by critical success factors (CSFs) theory, the authors explore when food firms manage FSMS and which factors are critical to their implementation to identify promising research directions for researchers and suggestions for practitioners through a comprehensive analytical lens.Design/methodology/approachIt is difficult to ensure food safety from farm to fork worldwide. The paper addresses this challenge from the angle of how firms measure and improve the implementation of the FSMS in global food supply chains by a systematic review combined with biological mapping analysis (VOS viewer) on 81 peer-reviewed papers published from 2005 to 2020.FindingsMandatory and voluntary regulations and standards are the most critical part of international requirements to assure integrated, proactive, risk-based approaches as well as continuous improvement in the FSMS in global food chains. To measure the FSMS, only a limited number of measurement tools for the FSMS have been identified. External and internal factors, and technology adoption that significantly impact the management of the FSMS implementation still require more future works.Research limitations/implicationsSeveral FSMS research gaps observed during the content analysis of selected papers within 15 years are presented along with ten future research questions.Practical implicationsA systematised list of published papers that have been studied and reported in this research could be a useful reference point for practitioners in the food industry.Originality/valueThis study set out to summarise managerial requirements for the FSMS from the existing research, analyse practices and tools to measure FSMS implementation, explore when food firms manage the FSMS, which factors are critical to their implementation, and identify promising research directions for researchers and useful suggestions for practitioners.

scholarly journals Determinants of Food Safety Level in Fruit and Vegetable Wholesalers’ Supply Chain: Evidence from Spain and France

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Hernández-Rubio ◽  
Juan Pérez-Mesa ◽  
Laura Piedra-Muñoz ◽  
Emilio Galdeano-Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Safety Level ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Sales Systems ◽  
Shed Light

Food safety management in short supply chains of fruit and vegetables, controlled by large retailers, has been widely studied in the literature. However, when it comes to traditional long supply chains, which include a greater number of intermediaries and wholesalers who, in some cases, play a dual role as resellers and producers, the mechanisms which promote the use of safety certifications have yet to be clearly defined. The present study intended to fill this gap in the literature and shed light on the food safety level that exists in this channel. In addition, this work attempted to identify the existence of differences between both sales systems. For this purpose, the empirical research studied the most important variables that influence the food safety level of some of the main European fruit and vegetable wholesalers. A survey was thus designed and later applied to Spanish and French intermediaries working in key wholesale markets and in the southeast of Spain, which is the leading commercialization area of these products in Europe. The results revealed the positive influence of specific customers (big retailers) on establishing stricter safety controls within wholesale companies. It was also observed that specific wholesalers also play an important role in the system, namely those dedicated to importing, but which are also responsible for quality and safety inspection of agri-food products exported from third countries into the European Union.

scholarly journals Integrated approach across prerequisite programmes and procedures based on HACCP principles

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
AGNIESZKA JACKOWSKA-TRACZ ◽  
MICHAŁ TRACZ ◽  
KRZYSZTOF ANUSZ
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Control Points ◽  
Underlying Assumption ◽  
Critical Control Points ◽  
Official Control ◽  
Private Standards ◽  
Haccp System ◽  
Medium Risk

Food business operators are required to implement and maintain a system based on HACCP principles. The HACCP is the only food safety management system, the implementation of which is obligatory. The standards laid down by the Codex Alimentarius Commission serve as benchmarks not only for the obligatory implementation of the HACCP system principles, but also for private standards such as ISO, IFS or BRC. A voluntary implementation of private standards may lead to the wrong assumption that food companies do not necessarily have to but only may comply with the guidelines laid down by the implemented standard. The HACCP system guarantees no absolute food safety in and of itself. The underlying assumption of the HACCP system is that high-risk hazards should be controlled with the use of critical control points (CCPs). It is impossible to identify CCPs in all enterprises. In certain food businesses there are exclusively medium-risk or low-risk hazards that may be controlled with oPRPs or PRPs, respectively. The awareness on the role of critical control points and prerequisite programmes in the producer's efforts to prevent or eliminate hazards, or to reduce them to acceptable levels, is a key for performing a comprehensive supervision. During the performance of an official control, instead of focusing exclusively on the HACCP procedures, it is reasonable to apply an integrated approach comprising both prerequisite programmes and the HACCP principles..

Enactment of the Food Safety Modernization Act

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 488-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaela Tarr Oldfield
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
The United States ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Safety Regulations ◽  
Private Standards ◽  
The Us ◽  
United States Food ◽  
States Food ◽  
Private Actors

The United States’ Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) revises the US Food and Drug Administration's regulatory authority. While expanding FDA's authority, the legislation replicates and relies on private systems of standards and third party audits, albeit with modifications. This article argues that public and private actors develop food safety regulations within multiple types of institutional venues, including private standards regimes, courts, congresses, and government regulatory agencies. It examines how interactions within each of these venues are shaped by stakeholders’ interests, and how the relevant subset of interactions within these venues ultimately shaped the FSMA. The article concludes by offering insights into what consequences these interactions and outcomes may have on the roles and capacities of affected stakeholders in food safety governance.

THE DYNAMICS OF PRIVATE FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS: A CASE STUDY ON THE REGULATORY DIFFUSION OF GLOBALG.A.P.

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiko Naiki
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Foreign National ◽  
Private Regulation ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Regulatory Governance ◽  
Private Standards ◽  
Private Actors ◽  
Food Safety Standards

AbstractThe emergence and importance of private standards in contemporary regulatory governance have been the subject of extensive debate. Recent studies have attempted to explore several dimensions of private regulation, such as its growth or effectiveness. By contrast, this article focuses on the regulatory diffusion of private standards. There has been a broad range of literature on diffusion and reception of norms—for instance, the scholarship of legal transplants or law's migration addressed how international treaties or foreign national laws were received in States. However, norm exportation and importation does not only occur between States; this article focuses on regulatory diffusion between private actors. To do so, it examines the case of GLOBALG.A.P., a private food safety scheme started in Europe that has influenced private standard initiatives beyond Europe. This article concludes by emphasizing that successful regulatory diffusion requires taking local contexts into account and preserving diversity.

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