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- Title
METODOLOGÍA PARA LA IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE UN SISTEMA OFICIAL DE INSPECCIÓN Y VIGILANCIA BASADA EN RIESGO EN ALIMENTOS.
- Authors
SAMPEDRO, Fernando; BENNETT, Norman
- Abstract
Background: The food production chain has grown exponentially in Latin America. The use of a risk-based approach will allow modernizing the official inspection and surveillance systems in food to adapt them to this new reality. Objectives: To establish a methodology for the implementation of a riskbased official inspection and surveillance system in foods. Methods: Decision trees and decision matrices were used to establish a frequency of inspection and surveillance. Results: For the inspection, decision trees were designed for biological and chemical hazards. Through questions with a binary response (YES/ NO) food processing and final use by the consumers (fresh or cooked consumption) the risk level was estimated for each food category (low = 1 point, moderate = 2 points and high = 4 points). To assess the safety level in the processing plants, a decision matrix was designed to account for seven factors (food safety management, monitoring analysis, facilities/zoning/personnel flow, degree of manipulation of the process, production volume and degree of compliance with the inspections). Depending on the performance, a score (between 1-7) was assigned to each factor and the sum of all the scores produced the final score of the establishment. Multiplying the food risk score (1, 2 or 4) by the risk score of the establishment, a final risk score was obtained. Inspection frequencies were established based on the scores, the higher score (risk) the greater the frequency. For surveillance, a decision matrix for pathogens and chemicals was designed to assess the severity. The annual number of foodborne cases, the hospitalization and mortality rate, and the association between the hazard and the food were used as factors. They were assigned scores (between 1-7) and a final risk score was obtained. By multiplying the severity score by the food risk score (1, 2 or 4), the surveillance frequencies were established, assigning more samples to the most widely consumed foods in the country. Conclusions: A country is able to design a modern and efficient inspection and surveillance plan using objective and risk-based tools.
- Publication
Vitae (01214004), 2016, Vol 23, pS54
- ISSN
0121-4004
- Publication type
Article