4th European International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

An evaluation of Food Safety and Quality Management Systems of the snack manufacturing industry in South Africa

Webster Mthulisi Mncube & Khathutshelo Mushavhanamadi
Publisher: IEOM Society International
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Track: Operations Management
Abstract

Food snack organization in the Republic of South Africa is a basic aspect of the food conveyance framework, any place food creation and circulation inside the nation locale unit is profoundly influenced by snack food business tasks. This investigation assesses the Food Security as well as Quality Control Systems of the food-making industry and tries to observe their issues in their usage. Reviews are controlled to representatives, bosses, or supervisors of 414 food-snack organizations in the two areas of South African namely Gauteng and Mpumalanga.

The findings indicated that most food-preparing organizations (84.0%) did not have any sort of Food Safety Management System (FSMS) set up. Either those with a specific structure of the Food Safety Management System worked chiefly based on ISO 24140 (0.5 per cent) or Good Industrial Practices (15.5 per cent) measures. Many of the snack food production associations (71.0 per cent) were arranged inside private homes where private offices were shared. A portion of the issues looked by the snack food industry in the guideline of their FSMS incorporate concerns identified with pre-use testing propensities for bundling substances (97.0 per cent of the business), done getting insurance or quality focuses in assembling activities (94.5 per cent of the business) and the occupation used to be with uncooked substance necessities (56.5 per cent of the business).

Published in: 4th European International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Rome, Italy

Publisher: IEOM Society International
Date of Conference: August 2-5, 2021

ISBN: 978-1-7923-6127-2
ISSN/E-ISSN: 2169-8767