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Food Safety Culture and Effective Food Control Systems

Abdul Rashid MalikCEO Pillsbury Consulting

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Food Safety CultureFood Safety Culture

Question

Why do people systematically violate safety & hygiene rules despite training and being advised of the safety consequences?

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Food Safety CultureFood Safety Culturea definition …a definition …

“ “ Is the aggregation of the prevailing relatively Is the aggregation of the prevailing relatively constant, learned, shared attitudes, values constant, learned, shared attitudes, values and beliefs contributing to the hygiene and beliefs contributing to the hygiene behaviours used in a particular food behaviours used in a particular food handling environment”.handling environment”.

“Provides staff with a common sense of food safety purpose “

FOOD SAFETY CULTURE – is a management responsibility

Food Safety culture is ...Food Safety culture is ...

It is a set of shared attitudes, values and beliefs around food safety Production/sources Handling/storage Preparation

You can have a good food safety culture or a bad one

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Food safety culture is also …Food safety culture is also …

Maintaining a food safety at all times Operators and staff know the risks

associated with the products or meals they produce

Know why managing the risks is important Can effectively manage those risks Demonstrable

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GMP’s HACCP CultureGMP’s HACCP Culture

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Who creates the cultureWho creates the culture

Organisational cultures are created by leaders and one of the most decisive functions of leadership may well be the creation, management and – if necessary, the destruction of a culture

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Types of food safety cultureTypes of food safety culture

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Food Safety Culture Food Safety Culture Assessment ProcessAssessment Process

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Safety Culture ProfileSafety Culture Profile

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From assessment to solutionsFrom assessment to solutions

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ConclusionsConclusionsGood safety culture underpins safety

management, training, technology and procedures.

Helps ensure people will apply training and procedures.

Prompt employees to improve safety performance, report and solve problems

Our method assesses safety culture and develops organisation specific improvements

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Effective Food Safety Legislation

Must achieve its primary objective to ensure the sale of safe, uncontaminated food of good quality. It protects public health and reduces the risk of food-born illness

Is it needed, will it contribute to food safety?

International Organizations Involved in Food Safety and Quality

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protect public health

prevent fraud and deception

avoid food adulteration

facilitate trade

FAO/WHO Guidelines19

2003: Assuring Food Safety and Quality: Guidelines for Strengthening National Food Control Systems

2006: “Strengthening national food control systems: Guidelines to assess capacity building needs

2007: Strengthening national food control systems: A quick guide to assess capacity building needs

Elements of a National Food Control System

Food Control Management

Food Legislation

Food Inspection

Official Food Control Laboratories

Food Safety and Quality Information,

Education and Communication (IEC)

Food Control Management

Single agency system Multiple agency system Integrated system

Effective Food Safety Legislation

Capable of being complied with and enforced

Recognition of owners and management responsibility

Effective Food Safety Legislation Supported by comprehensive Codes of

Practice/Industry Guides providing advice on compliance and best practice

Requirement for training resulting in competency

Effective Food Safety Legislation Updated in light of new evidence and

epidemiology

Effective Food Safety Enforcement

Competent mangers and effective systems

Competent inspectors with auditing/HACCP experience in relation to the types of business they are inspecting

Effective Food Safety Enforcement Consistency of output – cost-effective

compliance Sufficient resources Government targets based on quality not

quantity Frequency based on risk/food safety

culture/confidence in management

Unique Competencies

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Auditing Solutions

MediaAnimation MovieProduction

HACCPConsultancyAuditing/ Benchmarking

ISO Systems

ISO 22000 ISO 14000 OSHA 18000

Training Food SafetyHealth & Safety First Aid

Mystery Shopper

Development of Policies, Procedures & SOP’s

What we can do for youWhat we can do for you

ConsultancyServices

AuditingServices

Training Programs

AdvisoryServices

Compliance Solutions Gap Analysis Food Safety Health & Safety Mystery Shopper Risk Assessment

• Gap Analysis • Project Management• HACCP Implementation• Manuals & Procedures• GHPs GMP’s• ISO 22000, ISO 14000• OSHA 18001• Nutrition• Performance Measures• FSMS• HSMS• Benchmarking

• Preparing for Certification • Risk Mapping• Crisis Management• Food Poisoning Investigations

Food SafetyHACCPLead AuditorHealth & SafetyEvironmentNutritionFirst AidFire SafetyInfection ControlAllergen Controls

Questions and feedback !

Abdul Rashid Malik, Msc. Bsc. MCIEH CEO - Pillsbury Consulting

email: Abdul.Rashid@Pillsburyconsulting.comwebsite: www.pillsburyconsulting.com

www.facebook/pillsburyconsulting mobile: +971- 5678 1686

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