Our Advisory Board Member Dr John Spink has developed the new Food Fraud Prevention section of the Handbook for Safe Processing of Nuts (4th Edition), published by the Peanut and Tree Nut Processors Association (PTNPA).
The peanut and tree nut products are both finished goods and raw material food ingredients that impact nearly the entire food supply chain.
Food Fraud Prevention Section Detail
This section has been created as a stand-alone, comprehensive overview and guide for the PTNPA members to address food fraud prevention.
The food fraud prevention section emphasizes the food fraud vulnerability assessment (FFVA) concepts and application: “One of the most important steps is calibrating the FFVA with all other food safety and enterprise-wide risks. The food fraud problems should not be ranked only versus the other food fraud problems. The same likelihood and consequence ranks, and the same enterprise-wide risk tolerance should be used. It is possible that most of the food fraud problems fall below the enterprise-wide risk tolerance.”
To reduce confusion, it is important to understand that food fraud prevention should be a part of food integrity (Figure).
Figure: Hierarchy and Relationship of Food Fraud Related Terms with the Addition of Food Protection, Food Integrity, Food Authenticity, Social Responsibility, and Food Security
A practical application is presented in terms of the Food Fraud Vulnerability Assessment two-stage approach of “Food Fraud Initial Screening (FFIS)” and then a more “detailed assessment” is conducted, as needed.
Without a Food Fraud Management System, no food fraud prevention activity would be complete. This handbook provides a step-by-step approach for completing a Vulnerability Assessment and Critical Control Point Plan (VACCP). This utilizes the Food Fraud Prevention Cycle (FFPC). The section concludes with a practical method for “Implementing a Management System” and “Integration into the Food Safety Management System.”
Reference (Free document): PTNPA, Peanut and Tree Nut Processors Association, Handbook for Safe Processing of Nuts (4th Edition), URL: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ptnpa.org/resource/resmgr/industry_information/2022/industry_handbook_oct22.pdf
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