Abstract: Globally, there has been significant interest in literature on risk analysis and management in the past decade or so. However, all these developments revolved around the financial system, due to extensive development and innovation of its products and services. While halal industry has grown substantively in the last few years, appreciation of its risk character and profile is still evolving. The recent cases and issues involving halal certified products require the halal food industry to have a robust risk management practice. The needs to have proper risk management stems from recent food scandals on religious belief, human health and even on causes of death indicate that firms and consumers are vulnerable to integrity risks in …show more content…
The advancement and development of technology has made halal no longer just purely religious issue. With the hype of global trade and changing lifestyles, the realm of halal may extend to all consumables such as on food industry, medicines and pharmaceuticals, services and daily usage including finance. The halal industry is driven by quality paradigms such as relevance regulation and standard s in managing the possible risk and supply chain vulnerability. While numbers of relevance regulation and standard on halal food and products has been developed increasingly in the last few years, research and studies of its risk character and profile is still low. There has been significant interest in literature on risk analysis and management in the past decade or so. However, all these developments revolved around the food safety and food industry, due to several factors such as challenge of worldwide transition from a hazard-based food safety systems to one that is based on risk management, nature of food services and operations that contribute to extensive research, development and innovation of its risk profile and assessment. Increasing sophistication of food safety and food industry sciences has resulted in an accelerating evolution in food safety system such as the formation of supply chain management, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and the role of Codex …show more content…
Likewise Muslim consumers want assurances that the food they buy and eat are halal of the same quality and safety when consumed as when manufactured. They want to be able to trust that the food they buy is halal, which means being able to trust the food. However, at the same time the food industry is buffeted by head winds in many areas, such as detection of swine’s DNA in the coffee and a halal certified butter founded containing prohibited elements (swine’s DNA), famous halal certified chocolate founded containing prohibited elements (swine’s DNA) and never-ending istihalah ruling. The problems show how concerns are no longer limited to the better quality product and safer food which has been addressed broadly by literature, practices, legislation, regulations and standards. The halal industry has to deal with their product safety issue and create trust for the Muslim consumer. The high risk exposure in halal assurance, will most likely affect all parties in the industry. Seeing this gap, a dedicated risk management framework is sought to address this
Food security is the availability, access, stability and utilisation of food for all people. (Beddington et al., 2012) The world’s population is expected to reach nine million by 2050. The main limitations stopping the world from achieving food security is food wastage, inadequate production and economic barriers. Overcoming these barriers is essential to being able to feed an increased population however it must be done in a way that will not exploit our natural resources or environment so that future generations can also to produce enough food.
Furthermore, food safety is a major issue in the United States. Foodborne illness has caused an estimated 1 and 6 Americans to be sickened, 128,000 hospitalizations, and cause 3,000 deaths each year (http://www.sustainabletable.org/). These numbers may seem shocking, but they are all too real. All of the high levels
Mr. Lee entered work adjustment services on November 02, 2017. His original vocational goal was to work as a store stocker. Mr. Lee worked with a career counselor and business developer, who assisted him in finding employment. As a result of working with the career counselor and business developer, Mr. Lee received a job interview and job offer from Tyson’s Foods to which he declined. He could not work the shifts available, which were 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. or 11 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mr. Lee stated that he did not have reliable transportation during those shifts; however, reliable transportation was available with Tyson’s Foods. Then, he stated that he was the primary care giver of his ailing mother in the evenings. Previously, he stated that his sister
Since 2000, sales of organic foods in the United States have grown roughly 200%, and are expected to generate 42 billion dollars in 2014 (“US Organic Food Industry”, para. 1). This makes organics the fastest growing portion of the entire food industry, and worthy of keeping an eye on. The surge of growth was caused in part by the USDA release of its national standards for organic products in 2002, which subsequently prompted consumer demand for food that was healthier and better for the environment, and the popularization of “health food” stores like Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s that market to these consumers (Callard, 2009).
In our fast pace society, we base everything on time and money. This need to save money and time has transformed the way we see food and purchase food. Food is an essential part of all cultures. It plays a role in every person’s life. The population has the power to choose what we eat and how the food industry is shaped. There are many important questions that we need to ask ourselves in order to keep the food industry in check. These questions are: How do we know our food is safe? What should we eat? How should food be distributed? What is good food? These are simple yet difficult questions.
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Almost every angle of the food industry can be considered dangerous. It is dangerous to make the food, as a meatpacking job is one that is viewed as having abnormally high risks; however when the food is handed over a counter on a tray or prepared in a family of four’s kitchen, it poses a huge risk to humankind. Foodborne illnesses are all too common and almost everybody has the possiblity of contracting a foodborne illness. These are life threatening diseases that need to be monitored and regulated; therefore the enforcement of government regulations in the fast food industry could potentially save many lives that are lost annually due to the numerous factors that need regulation.
Smithfield Foods is a forward-thinking company that likes to be the industry leader. The main way to for them to achieve and maintain this goal is to utilize both the Six Sigma and lean philosophies. Merging lean with Six Sigma provides the company “a richer set of tools, particularly those associated with the define, measure and analyze phases. Likewise, the lean tools nicely complement the traditional Six Sigma tools and methodologies” (Meredith, p. 198). Smithfield needs the help of employees to keep these process improvements in motion and to make sure the improvements that have been implemented are actually effective. Thus, always working towards their goal of producing “Good food, responsibly.”
The public becomes anxious about the food safety for some frequently occurred agriculture products’ safety accidents in recent years. To minimize the hidden danger of
The product quality and safety of the fast foods in Asia is a major concern threatening the establishment of more fast foods in this countries. The fast food companies are faced with a challenge in meeting the standards in this foreign countries which reduces their confidence across international borders. The Asian economies such as in China have registered slow growth overtime which have led to stagnant incomes from the people (Frost, 2009). This hinders the customer`s purchase powers which in turn prompts them to fall back to making meals at
... the Bahrain food control authorities must be in a position to address and counter all the threats to the system identified. For example, the threat faced from the inability to critically analyze the food regulatory agencies could expose the population to unsafe foods. In other words, there are high chances of cross-contamination of food during inspections due to weak inspection services and procedures. Worse still, the government may lack the capacity to bring food-borne diseases under control should they break out. Overreliance on imported food however remains the biggest threat to Bahrain food control system as it implies that the food problems in the countries of origin would be imported into Bahrain. One of the proposed or recommended strategies for Bahrain regarding its food control system is the adoption of an integrated approach to food control activities.
Food matters. Nevertheless, food safety in China is worse than what you thought; you can never imagine how toxic it is. Although there are variety choices of restaurant for us to eat nowadays, many people still choose to eat at home. Not only to save money, but also be sensible for their own health. Think about our situation now, we can constantly buy meats that we think is fresh and yummy, but who knows if it’s healthy and safe? Is it truly what you want? What materials will the restaurant serves you? Food safety affects people a lot. Nowadays, especially in China, many citizens are already despair in this affair. Food safety is one of the most principal issues to the entire world; as one of the most important feature in everybody’s life,
Food safety is an increasingly important public health issue. Governments all over the world are intensifying their efforts to improve food safety. Food borne illnesses are diseases, usually either infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food. “In industrialized countries, the percentage of people suffering from food borne diseases each year has been reported to be up to 30%. In the United States of America, for example, around 76 million cases of food borne diseases, resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths, are estimated to occur each year.” (Geneva 2)
Another risk involved in this industry is its huge number of competitors. It is a well-known fact that the food industry is one of the most saturated markets that has ever existed, mainly because it has a huge market population and it is a need for the society. The industry tends to get very competitive because of its sheer number of population of consumers, as well as its producers. Evidently it is a very lucrative industry to step in to, that is why a lot of people tend to penetrate the market in an attempt to make a huge profit from
Food safety culture society can be considered of comparable significance (3)to administrative consistence and client benefit . On the off chance that any of these three perspectives fizzle , the business itself could come up short (Ungku Zainal Abidin et al , 2013 ) . Numerous businesses additionally lift security to the same or even a larger amount of significance than these as no business can exist without representatives . Food safety highlights in the work environment is another great case of the significance of value affirmation in the public eye today (Taylor , 2011 ) . Regardless of whether it is the honesty of a security bridle for working at statures or the water testing for the city , quality estimations , preparing and framework arrangement can all straightforwardly influence workers and even open (4)wellbeing (Griffith , 2012 ) . Food safety is a logical idea portraying and dealing with , readiness , and capacity of foods in ways that anticipate foodborne disease . This incorporates various schedules that ought to be taken after to stay away from conceivably extreme (5)wellbeing perils (Roberts et al , 2012 )