Regulatory Agency Flashcards
- Is an integrated food law that consolidates all the laws relating to food
- The main purpose of this act was to ensure the availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption
- The act covers laws that regulate the manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import of food
Food Safety and Standards Act 2006
General Provision of the Act
- Use of food additive or processing aid Contaminants, naturally occurring toxic substances, heavy metals, etc
- Contaminants, Naturally Occurring Toxic Substances, heavy metals
- Pesticides, veterinary drugs residues, antibiotic residues and microbiological counts
means any substance or material, not including apparatus or utensils, and not consumed as a food ingredient by itself, used in processing of raw materials, foods or its ingredients to fulfill a certain technological purpose during treatment
Processing Aid
are substances added tofoodto preserveflavoror enhance taste, appearance, or other sensory qualities. Some additives have been used for centuries as part of an effort to preserve food, for examplevinegar(pickling), salt (salting),smoke(smoking),sugar(crystallization), etc. This allows for longer-lasting foods such asbacon,sweetsorwines. With the advent of processed foods in the second half of the twentieth century, many additives have been introduced, of both natural and artificial origin.
Food Additive
is a phenomenon that has widely been accepted and recognized in the past three decades
Quality
It is measured and maintained by following certain systems, procedures and processes that are pertinent to that organization and the culture of organization.
- Is sustained by many standards of Quality that are designed by the International Organization for Standards (ISO)
- Can be maintained by auditing the systems, procedures and processes by an external agency
- Customer satisfaction or customer delight
Quality and Food Standards
a systematic approach to improving the effectiveness and profitability of business
Total Quality Management (TQM)
THE PROCESS CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING MAJOR STEPS:
A. Determine customers’ requirements
B. Develop facilities and services that will meet those requirements
C. Establish standards
D. Conform to the set standards
E.Monitor customer satisfaction
It is a system of food safety control, based on the prevention of food safety problems and is accepted by international authorities as the most effective controlling food-borne diseases
-is a management system in which food safety is addressed through the analysis and control of biological, chemical, and physical hazards
Hazard Analytic and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
is the identification of all ingredients, stages in process, environmental features and human factor that can lead to hazards for the customers
Hazard Analysis
is a location, a practice, a procedure, if not controlled, could result in safety risk
Critical Control Point
Examples of Critical Control Points (CCP)
A. Inspection of goods on delivery
B. Separate storage and handling of ingredients and the finished product
C. Correct temperature ranges (frozen and chilled)
D. Cleaning procedures for equipment and utensils
E. Cross-contamination
F. Personal hygiene and health standards
Three Types of Hazards
Physical Hazard
Chemical Hazard
Biological Hazard
foreign objects
Physical Hazard
it can be done prior to receiving product such as improper use of pesticides and chemicals used in the establishments has no separate cubicle or shelves that lead to the food to be contaminated
Chemical Hazard
which include microorganism
Biological Hazard
7 Principles of HACCP
- Conduct a Hazard Analysis
- Determine Critical Control Points (CCPs)
- Set Critical Limits
- Defining Monitoring Procedures
- Implementing Corrective Actions
- Establish Verification Procedures
- Create Record Keeping Procedures
- Conduct a Hazard Analysis
Identify where problems may occur, assess the risk, and plan for prevention