Covid-19 pandemic effects on food safety - Multi-country survey study

Ilija Djekic, Aleksandra Nikolić, Mirza Uzunović, Aluwé Marijke, Aijun Liu, Jiqin Han, Mladen Brnčić, Nada Knežević, Photis Papademas, Katerina Lemoniati, Franziska Witte, Nino Terjung, Maria Papageorgiou, Kyriaki G. Zinoviadou, Antonella Dalle Zotte, Erika Pellattiero, Bartosz G. Sołowiej, Raquel P.F. Guiné, Paula Correia, Alexandrina SirbuLiliana Vasilescu, Anastasia A. Semenova, Oksana A. Kuznetsova, Urška Vrabič Brodnjak, Mirian Pateiro, Jose Manuel Lorenzo, Andriy Getya, Tetiana Kodak, Igor Tomasevic

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This study provides an important insight into the response of food safety systems during the first months of the pandemic, elevating the perspective of preventing Covid-19 within conventional food safety management systems. A multi-country survey was conducted in 16 countries involving 825 food companies. Based on the results of the survey, it is obvious that the level of maturity of a food safety system in place is the main trigger in classifying companies and their responses to the pandemic challenge. Staff awareness and hygiene are the two most important attributes in combating Covid-19, opposed to temperature checking of workers in food establishment and health protocols from the World Health Organization, recognized as attributes with limited salience and importance. Companies confirmed implementation of more restrictive hygiene procedures during the pandemic and the need for purchasing more additional personal protective equipment. Retailers were identified as the food supply chain link mostly affected by the pandemic opposed to food storage facilities ranked as least affected. During this challenging period, all companies declared that food safety has not been compromised at any moment. It is important to note that less than a half of the food companies had documented any emergency plans associated with pandemics and health issues in place.
Oorspronkelijke taalEngels
TijdschriftFood Control
Volume122
Pagina's (van-tot)107800
Aantal pagina’s9
ISSN0956-7135
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PublicatiestatusGepubliceerd - 1-apr.-2021

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