FOOD TECHNOLOGY

FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY

QUALITY CONTROL IN FOOD PROCESSING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the primary responsibility of Food Defense Coordinator?
A
Manage or oversee food defense programme development
B
Determine mitigation strategies
C
Write food defense plan
D
Perform vulnerability assessment
E
Coordinate between food safety and food defense programme
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The food defense team is responsible for minimizing risks identified in the vulnerability assessment. They also will manage and enforce the program steps and tools. Other duties include: Ensuring that an effective food defense plan is developed and followed.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is Food Defense? Food defense is the protection of food products from intentional contamination or adulteration where there is an intent to cause public health harm and/or economic disruption.

Detailed explanation-3: -It aims to ensure the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus of federal regulators from responding to contamination to preventing contamination.

Detailed explanation-4: -This food defense plan is organized in four sections: (1) Outside Security Measures, (2) Inside Security Measures, (3) Personnel Security Measures, and (4) Incident Response Security Measures.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Four A’s of food defense-Assess, Access, Alert and Audit are the core components of a proactive food defense program that delivers the actionable intelligence to help food companies and suppliers implement the preventive controls necessary to protect their valued brand.

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