Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
Int J Food Microbiol. 2010 Jul 31;141 Suppl 1:S180-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.05.003. Epub 2010 May 8.
There is a need to measure the food safety performance in the agri-food chain without performing actual microbiological analysis. A food safety performance diagnosis, based on seven indicators and corresponding assessment grids have been developed and validated in nine European food businesses. Validation was conducted on the basis of an extensive microbiological assessment scheme (MAS). The assumption behind the food safety performance diagnosis is that food businesses which evaluate the performance of their food safety management system in a more structured way and according to very strict and specific criteria will have a better insight in their actual microbiological food safety performance, because food safety problems will be more systematically detected. The diagnosis can be a useful tool to have a first indication about the microbiological performance of a food safety management system present in a food business. Moreover, the diagnosis can be used in quantitative studies to get insight in the effect of interventions on sector or governmental level.
需要在不进行实际微生物分析的情况下衡量农业食品链中的食品安全绩效。基于七个指标和相应的评估标准，我们开发并验证了一种食品安全绩效诊断方法，该方法已在 9 家欧洲食品企业中得到验证。验证是基于广泛的微生物评估方案（MAS）进行的。食品安全绩效诊断背后的假设是，那些更系统地评估食品安全管理体系绩效并根据非常严格和具体标准进行评估的食品企业，对其实际微生物食品安全绩效有更深入的了解，因为食品安全问题将被更系统地发现。该诊断方法可作为了解食品企业食品安全管理体系微生物性能的初步指标。此外，该诊断方法还可用于定量研究，以了解干预措施对部门或政府层面的影响。
