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In recent years, achieving GMP and HACCP standards Specification (PAS) 220. This standard is designed to certify products
may not be sufficient for manufacturing facilities in large retail stores or major food manufacturers that implement the
producing food for domestic and export markets. To ISO 22000 and PAS 220 standards. Such certification schemes provide
frameworks covered the entire food chain for the food processing
increase consumer confidence that enables business certification. GFSI hereby recognizes this food safety certification system
to expand and grow sustainably, also increase the as equivalent to BRC, IFS and SQF.
ability to compete, the entrepreneur may require FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act) This food safety law was
additional certification. Nowadays there is a quality originally promulgated on 4 January 2011. The main purpose of the law
is to reform the food safety control system. A major reform involved a
system for food safety in place that addresses several shift in essential substance of previous safety laws (The Federal Food,
standards. Drug, and the Cosmetic Act of 1938). FSMA empowers the US FDA
(The United States Food and Drug Administration) to strictly enforce,
BRC (The British Retail Consortium) is a trade association in control, and monitor the operators on food production process
the United Kingdom formed by a group of retailers such as Tesco, regulations emphasizing on a preventive measure instead of corrective
Sainsbury’s, Iceland Foods, Waitrose, Safeway, The Co-operative action taken when the problems occurred thereafter.
Group, and Asda Store. Lately, the global standard for Food Safety Comprehensively, the requirements of the current food safety
Issue 8 was published on August 1, 2018. This standard continues to management system have focused on prevention and control measures,
emphasize the importance of commitment on Hazard Analysis and such as environmental process controls to prevent cross- contamination
Critical Control Points (HACCP) and a food safety hazard monitoring. of microorganisms or allergens in final products. Although there are
Also, Food defense and food fraud are considered, including many measures and quality control systems for food production, many
requirements on the Microbiological Screening Requirements in the reports of foodborne illnesses were found worldwide.
environment of the food processing plant. Operators of food establishments may therefore take a preventive
FSSC 22000 (Food Safety System Certification 22000) is a food approach that provides fast and reliable food safety testing results. The
safety management system for food processing, currently released methods should also control and monitor contamination of
version 4.1. The system established by the Foundation for Food Safety microorganisms, pathogens and food allergens more effectively. All this
Certification in 2004. It’s complied the ISO 22000 standards, which plays an important role in today’s harsh competitive environment. In
are related to the Food Safety Management System, endorsed by the essence, the operators can deliver products faster, storage life becomes
Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), with Publicly Available longer, inventory reduces, and profits increase finally.

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www.dtc.ac.th/images/journal/May-Aug_18/27.pd
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