Food policy and regulations with information technology

作者：Selwyn Piramuthu, Wei Zhou · 年份：2016 · DOI：10.1002/9781118967423.ch11 · 研究领域：Food Safety and Hygiene

This chapter discusses international food policies and regulations. Specifically, it considers food-safety certification and good manufacturing practice (GMP) regulation. GMP provides the framework regarding adequately controlled manufacturing operations, which may include hygienic manufacturing facilities, controlled manufacturing processes, adequate written instructions and procedures, properly trained personnel, expected quantity and quality of final products, and any defects detected and examined. The chapter then discusses the impact of information technology, including radio-frequency identification (RFID), wireless sensor network, and automated food manufacturing on food policy compliance. Food policy and GMP are very strict due to the strong link between food product quality and human health. Gripper technology with RFID replaces human hands with mechanics to grip food products, thus reducing both primary and secondary sources of contamination. RFID-enabled sensor and automated control systems decrease the need for human labor involvement, thus decreasing the possibly of contamination and human error with respect to ingredients.