FOOD SAFETY CULTURE.pptx

FOOD SAFETY CULTURE

1. FOOD SAFETY CULTURE By Agna Yashin

2. OBJECTIVES As you know unsafe food is dangerous to a consumer and therefore detrimental to the business. A food safety incident results in damage in brand image and lost sales. To avoid this outcome, the following must be known: How organizational culture impacts company performance The role of the management in embedding culture Your individual contribution to Food Safety

3. INCIDENT 1

4. FOOD CONTAMINATION Food contamination can happen at any step of the food chain during primary production, raw material transport and storage, processing, handling, packaging, finished products storage, distribution, in trade (retail displays) or even during home preparation and consumption.

5. FOOD CONTAMINTAION IN PROCESSING CHAIN Food processing is defined as the transformation of crop or animal materials/products into food. Examples:  Contaminated water used to clean a batch of raw materials (fruits or vegetables) can contaminate subsequent batches. Incident 1 is a good example of cross-contamination between raw and cooked ingredients during processing (different processing steps). The same contamination can occur between raw ingredients and final products (e.g. roasted peanuts that came into contact with contaminated raw peanuts). Pathogens present on the animal’s hide and form the intestine can come into contact and contaminate the final product.

6. FOOD CONTAMINTAION IN  HANDLING CHAIN Material handling is the movement, preservation, storage and control of materials and products throughout manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, consumption and disposal. Examples:   There is a risk of contamination: if the products are not kept at a temperature and humidity level that would keep them safe during processing, packaging, labelling, storage and handling if each room in the processing plant used by the operation is not maintained at a temperature and humidity level that should prevent contamination of the products and labeling and packaging materials  if the products, labelling and packaging materials are not handled and stored in a manner that minimizes this risk. Additionally if the environment, equipment and people are not clean during handling they can be a source of contamination.

7. FOOD CONTAMINTAION IN DISTRIBUTION CHAIN

8. FOOD CONTAMINTAION IN CONSUMPTION CHAIN Preparation can be defined as the process of getting foods ready-to-eat. Examples: Not washing hands after using the bathroom and handling food can lead to contamination. Using a cutting board or knife to cut raw meat and then using the same knife or cutting board, without washing, to cut Salad vegetables can lead to contamination as well. Contamination can also occur in a refrigerator if meat juices come into contact with other foods.

9. FOOD SAFETY CULTURE

10. BUILDING FOOD SAFETY CULTURE Food Safety Culture is the shared values, beliefs and norms that affect mindset and behavior toward food safety throughout an organization. It is the result of the commitment from leadership and focus across the organization . Building and maintaining Food Safety Culture is a complex initiative and requires a multi-disciplinary, multi-level approach that can respond and adapt to an organization’s strategic needs over time. The impact of a positive food safety culture on the success of a business offers many benefits, including growth, regulatory compliance, reduced customer complaints, sustainability, brand protection and risk mitigation.

11. ELEMENTS OF FOOD SAFETY CULTURE

12. CHANGING ENVIRONMENT IS HARD? Because: it means getting out of our comfort zone, it means looking ahead, even when we don’t know what we are looking for. It might mean re-looking at what we do for our customers, recognizing that it’s not cost-effective and that it’s a bleed on our business. Creating a culture within our businesses which does not shun change or shutdown ideas which failed in the past, we begin to open up endless possibilities. If we can accept that  every business practice and process is open to change ,  we will unlock the key to our success!

13. THE ICEBERG PRINCIPLE

14. RESPONSIBILITY Most people think of culture as  the visible values and behaviours within an organization . But like an iceberg,   the majority of what drives the behaviours within your organization is unseen and largely inaccessible, far below the surface of what anyone in your company consciously thinks about. “ The way things get done around here ”  is the definition of  organizational culture. We see it in the stories employees tell about the organization, the conversations they have with each other, and the way they go about their daily work.

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