Lecture 6 Flashcards
Why is fostering a positive food safety environment important?
- Negative food safety culture has leet to food contamination in industry
- Gaps in institutional foodservice
- Support and motivation
In fostering a positive food safety environment why is it important to support and motivate?
To follow procedures
To hold each other accountable
To speak up
What are the 3 approaches to food safety?
Techno-managerial approach
Food safety culture approach
Techno-managerial and cultural approach
What is a techno managerial approach?
Temp audits Inventory turnover procedures Logs Personal hygiene practices and tools -all inform assessment of food safety hazards in an adroit to mitigate risks (quantifiable)
What is a food safety and culture approach?
Shared values beliefs and norms that affect min set and behaviour toward food safety in across and throughout an organization
What is a techno-managerial and cultural approach?
Performance reviews, orientation/education/traininig, policies and plans can foster both approaches
-dont have both the people won’t care to do it properly
What is GFSI?
Global food safety initiative
-NFP foundation founded in 200 in resoponse to major food safety crises
-Recognizes food safety certification programs that contain internationally recognized food safety requirements
(european)
According to GFSI what are the 5 dimensions to food safety?
Vision & mission People Consistency Adaptability Hazards and Risk assessment
What is the SQFI?
Safe quality food iinstitute
- North American
- Recognized by GFSI
- Believes that. food safetyy programs are needed
What is BRCGS?
British retail consortium global standards
- 1998 food safety standard was established
- focused on encouraging development of product safety and culture
What are the 5 dimensions of food safety culture?
Leadership, values and strategy People Adaptability Consistency Hazard and Risk awareness
In terms of Leadership, values and strategy, how can you enact aim to foster a culture of food safety?
- Establish departmental strategic direction and objectives regarding food safety often these can cascade from the original strategic plan (corporate strategies)
- Align employees personal values with those of the corporation rather than focusing on policies
- Allocate resources to foster a positive food safety culture and to be seen as fostering a positive safety culture
- Leaders model food safety proactices
- Leaders listen to employees and respond respectfully
- Leaders need to be aware of their own role in cultural transformation, must have skills to foster positive food safety culture
In terms of people, how can you enact aim to foster a culture of food safety?
- Hire people with values that align with organizations and understand the importance of adhering to food safety practices (clean clothes)
- Set expectations
- Educate staff so they understand the why
- Train staff so they implement food safety practices
- Use performance development to reinforce the importance
In terms of adaptability, how can you enact aim to foster a culture of food safety?
- Implement continuous quality improvement
- Foster a sense of change readiness
- Adopt best practice rather than adopt practices to comply with legal requirements
- Advance problem solving strategies
In terms of consistency, how can you enact aim to foster a culture of food safety?
- Align food safety priorities with processes, communication, theca and people to foster a food safety culture
- Ensure employees understand their reposabilities and hold them accountable
- Monitor performance measures
- Reinforce food safety practices
In terms of hazard and risk awareness, how can you enact aim to foster a culture of food safety?
- Identify hazards
- Implement strategies to mitigate risk and provide education onmitigastion risks
- Implement control measures and document results
- Foster a culture of open communication so employees feel they can bring issues to leaders without repercussions
What is the broken window theory?
If its broken, fix it right away so people dont perceive that they can break windows like that and its okay
What are some reasons why we should measure food safety?
Raise awareness of food safety
Benchmarking
Informd excisions about truing and remedial actions
Promote Commitment
Identify weakness and evaluate risk
Assess potential compliance with safety management systems
What is dysphasia and what causes it?
Difficulty swallowing
Causes:
stroke
dementia
multiple sclerosis
What are the signs of dysphasia?
Coughing or chocking when eating/drinking
Food coming back up, sometimes through the nose
Sensation that food is stick in throat
Persistent drooling and saliva
What can dysphasia result in?
Weight loss and malnutrition
Dehydration
Aspiration pneumonia
Choking
What are the 7 levels of food thin/thickness?
0 Thin
1 Slightly thick
2 Mildly Thick
3 Moderately thick/liquidized (applesauce)
4 Extremely thick/Pureed (mousse, pudding)
5 Minced and moist (ground beef and gravy)
6 Soft and bite sized (cooked veggies)
7 Regular
What do you use a syringe flow test for?
Test liquids from levels 0-3
What is a syringe test?
Liquid classification based on how much liquid comes out based on the time given
How do you test for liquids in levels 3-4?
Fork drip test
How do you test for liquids at levels 4-5?
Spoon tilt test
How do we normally measure the size if something is minced and moist?
Particles should be no wider than the space between fork teeth (4mm)
What is procurement?
The ordering, planning and purchasing of food
What are the market influences on procurement?
Economics Government Policy Import and export Weather Trends Food Safety outcomes and guidelines Food System
How does the federal government oversight relate to procurement?
Health Canada works with industry and consumers to establish policies, regulations and standards related to the safety and nutritional quality of food sold in canada