Principles of Food Safety and Quality Management

Ensuring the safety and quality of food is crucial for protecting consumer health and maintaining trust in the food supply chain. This subject focuses on the foundational principles and practices necessary to prevent contamination, ensure compliance with regulations, and uphold high standards of food quality.

Principles of Food Safety and Quality Management

1 Introduction To Food Safety

  1. Hazards to Safe Food
  2. Contamination and Spoilage
  3. What is Hygiene?
  4. Sources of Contamination
  5. Food Quality
  6. The Food Safety Challenge
  7. Protecting Food from Contamination
  8. Reduce the Effect of Contamination that does Occur
  9. Role of Food Processing Industry/Sector

2 Food Safety System

  1. Changes in the Patterns of Food Consumption
  2. The Increased Risks of Food Borne Infection
  3. Inadequacy of the Existing Methods to Control the Risk
  4. Need for Food Safety Management Systems
  5. Emerging Trends in Food Safety
  6. Food Safety Legislation
  7. Customer Audits of Food and Food Products
  8. Food Safety Management Systems

3 Total Quality Management

  1. Why Quality Management?
  2. Understanding Some Basic Concepts
  3. Need for Safety and Health in Industry
  4. The Approach Towards Safety
  5. Safety Management
  6. Statistical Quality Control
  7. General Occupational Health Problems
  8. Safety and Health Management System

4 Project Management

  1. The Three Phases of Project Management
  2. The 7-S of Project Management
  3. The Project as a Conversion Process
  4. The Relationship between Project Management and Line Management
  5. The Role of Strategy in Project Management
  6. Time Planning – Tools and Techniques
  7. Project Structures – Teams and Organisation
  8. The Role of Teams

5 Introduction to Risk Analysis

  1. Changing International Environment
  2. Increasing Demand for “Safe and Wholesome Food”
  3. Risk Analysis Definitions Related to Food Safety
  4. Risk Analysis
  5. Structure of Risk Analysis
  6. Carrying Out Risk Analysis
  7. Risk Analysis at International and National Levels
  8. Challenges and Benefits in the Application of Risk Analysis

6 Risk Management

  1. What is Risk Management?
  2. Perspectives on Risk
  3. Definitions of Key Risk Management Terms
  4. General Principles of Food Safety Risk Management
  5. A General Risk Management Framework
  6. Role of Food Chain Professionals in Risk Management

7 Risk Assessment

  1. Risk Assessment and the WTO SPS Agreement
  2. Relative Positions of Risk Assessment and Risk Management
  3. Definitions Related to Risk Assessment
  4. Principles of Food Safety Risk Assessment
  5. Scientific Approaches for Assessing Risks
  6. Responsibilities of Risk Managers in Commissioning and Guiding a Risk Assessment
  7. General Criteria of Risk Assessment
  8. Risk Assessment Methodology
  9. Risk Assessment for Chemical Hazards
  10. Risk Assessment for Biological Hazards
  11. Biotechnology Risk Assessment
  12. Sensitivity Analysis
  13. Validation
  14. Establishment of ‘Targets’ in the Food Chain as Regulatory Standards

8 History, Background and Structure of HACCP

  1. Food Chain Steps
  2. Food Hazards
  3. Biological Hazards
  4. Chemical Hazards
  5. Physical Hazards
  6. History of HACCP
  7. Benefits and Barriers in Implementing HACCP
  8. HACCP Principles
  9. Process of HACCP Certification

9 HACCP Prerequisites and Good Hygienic Practices

  1. Environmental Hygiene
  2. Hygienic Production of Food
  3. Handling, Storage and Transportation
  4. Cleaning, Maintenance and Personnel Hygiene at Primary Production
  5. Design and Facilities in the Establishment
  6. Location
  7. Equipment
  8. Premises and Rooms
  9. Temporary/ Mobile Premises and Vending Machines

10 Principles and Implementation of HACCP

  1. Identification of Hazards and Control Measures
  2. Determination of Significant Hazards
  3. Determination of Critical Control Points
  4. Establishing the Critical Limits
  5. Establishment of a Monitoring System
  6. Establish Corrective Actions
  7. Establish Verification Procedures
  8. Establish Documentation and Record Keeping
  9. Validation
  10. General Errors in HACCP Plans
  11. Quantitative Approach in HACCP
  12. Food Safety Objectives
  13. Numerical Calculations in HACCP
  14. HACCP and Microbiological Risk Assessment (MRA)
  15. When to Implement HACCP Plan

11 Case Studies On HACCP

  1. Guava Juice Production Plant
  2. Hazard Analysis Worksheet
  3. CCP Decision Tree
  4. Determination of Critical Limits
  5. Monitoring
  6. Corrective Actions
  7. Verification Procedures
  8. Record Keeping Procedures

12 Good agriculture practices, Good animal husbandry Practices and good Manufacturing practices

  1. Good Agricultural Practices
  2. Good Animal Husbandry Practices
  3. Good Manufacturing Practices
  4. Good Hygiene Practices

13 Good Retail Practices, Good Transport Practices, and Nutrition Labelling

  1. Good Retail Practices (GRP)
  2. Good Transport Practices (GTP)
  3. Nutrition Labelling
  4. Traceability Records

14 Traceability Studies

  1. What is Traceability?
  2. Rationale and Objective of Traceability
  3. Traceability and Codex
  4. Components of the Traceability/Product Tracing Tool
  5. Limitations of Implementing the Traceability/Product Tracing Tool
  6. Alternatives to the Traceability/Product Tracing Tool
  7. Recommended Steps for the Application of Traceability/Product Tracing Tool
  8. India’s Experience with Traceability-The Grape Story
  9. The Vision