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- Title
THE IMPACT OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ON THE ACTIVITIES OF ENTERPRISES IN THE AREA OF PEST CONTROL.
- Authors
GÓRNA, Justyna
- Abstract
Purpose: Many factors influence the safety of food, feed, cosmetics or packaging for these products. These include legal requirements, proper people behaviour, management systems and the organisational culture used in enterprises, as well as activities related to the prevention/minimisation/elimination of microbiological, chemical and physical hazards. A very important link in ensuring the safety of manufactured products are, among others, suppliers, including service providers in the area of pest control. Providers of these services must adapt to the requirements of the enterprise to which they provide services. In turn, the requirements of the enterprise are dictated by the requirements of the management standard for compliance with which the enterprise maintains the certificate; therefore, the requirements of individual management standards should be known to pest control companies to avoid the risk of non15 compliance. The main purpose of the article was to present the importance of knowing the requirements of the food safety management system by the service provider in the area of pest control. Design/methodology/approach: An analysis of the requirements of selected food safety management standards in the pest control area was carried out. Findings: The analysis showed similarities in requirements in the area of pest control of selected food safety management standards. Practical implications: Based on the analysis, recommendations for good practices in the field of protection against pests were formulated. Good practice guidelines should be used by service providers in the pest control area. Originality/value: The article contains important guidelines on good practices in the field of protection against pests.
- Subjects
PEST control; PEST control industry; COSMETICS packaging; MANUFACTURED products; FOOD supply; SAFETY factor in engineering; PRODUCT safety; ORCHARDS
- Publication
Scientific Papers of Silesian University of Technology. Organization & Management / Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Slaskiej. Seria Organizacji i Zarzadzanie, 2020, Issue 145, p109
- ISSN
1641-3466
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29119/1641-3466.2020.145.8