Nowadays government and purchasers are constantly setting increasing stringent requirements for foodquality and safety, this means that production and distribution companies in the food and beveragesector must have full control over all incoming and outgoing goods. In particular food suppliers for Largescale-Distributors have to meet many specific requirements and to undergo audits in order to assure thehygienic and sanitary quality of their products. This study offers an example of a checklist used by anItalian Large-scale-Distributor for investigating the status of its food suppliers in order to detect nonconformances; it also provides information on HACCP system management in Italian food industries.Results collected during 85 audits are shown. Large food plants show a better application of HACCPprinciples than small sized enterprises.[...]

Food supplier qualification by an Italian Large-scale-Distributor: Auditing system and non-conformances

VISCIANO, Pierina;
2011-01-01

Abstract

Nowadays government and purchasers are constantly setting increasing stringent requirements for foodquality and safety, this means that production and distribution companies in the food and beveragesector must have full control over all incoming and outgoing goods. In particular food suppliers for Largescale-Distributors have to meet many specific requirements and to undergo audits in order to assure thehygienic and sanitary quality of their products. This study offers an example of a checklist used by anItalian Large-scale-Distributor for investigating the status of its food suppliers in order to detect nonconformances; it also provides information on HACCP system management in Italian food industries.Results collected during 85 audits are shown. Large food plants show a better application of HACCPprinciples than small sized enterprises.[...]
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