The Importance of HACCP for the Food Industry
There are a number of reasons why, especially in the food industry, implementation of quality assurance systems, such as HACCP, is an issue of importance:
- Agricultural products are often perishable and subject to rapid decay due to physiological processes and microbiological contamination.
- Most agricultural products are harvested seasonally.
- Products are often heterogeneous with respect to desired quality parameters such as content of important components (e.g. sugars), size and colour. This kind variation is dependent on cultivar differences and seasonal variables, which can not be controlled.
- Primary production of agricultural products is performed by a large number of farms operating on a small scale.
- Despite the progress in medicine, food science and the technology of food production, Illness caused by foodborne pathogens continues to present a major problem in terms of both health and economic significance
- HACCP as an management tool can contribute to increase competitiveness of the Food Industry.
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