Abstract

  Unsafe food can impact public health and can cause serious issues within food businesses. Therefore, the implementation of a food safety management system is required, and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) is an essential system to ensure the safety of food. However, it can be a significant amount of work to maintain, if the system is paperbased. There are many issues, which often arise during its application, and paperwork is one of the biggest challenges, as well as inaccurate information. Other barriers include time needed and effort. Therefore, the main proposal of this research is to examine the effectiveness of software-based HACCP systems, such as the FoodCheck system and determine if can help to solve the issues, which typically result from traditional paper-based HACCP systems. The results outline several solutions offered by FoodCheck, namely, the saving of time and resources.

Keywords: HACCP; Food Safety; Software-Based HACCP; Paper Based HACCP; FoodCheck

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Citation

Citation: Ahmed Albandary and Fintan Moran. “A Study of the Effectiveness of a Software HACCP System FoodCheck for the Management of Food Safety". Acta Scientific Nutritional Health 4.1 (2020): 165-170.

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Copyright: © 2020 Ahmed Albandary and Fintan Moran. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.