FSSC 22000 Packaging Implementation: a Plastics Industry Research

Abstract

This paper presents the outcomes of an exploratory research carried out in companies, which are located in Brazil. They are FSSC-22000-certified food plastic packaging manufacturers. In order to identify the key aspects of the implementation process and certification, a questionnaire was developed and sent to twenty certified organizations. Out of them, eleven of which participating companies responded in a collaborative way. Based on the data obtained, improving competitiveness and customer retention were the reasons, which led the companies to seek the certification. However, the greatest difficulties were related to personnel, which presented technical and behavioral issues. In addition, it was noted that an overall satisfaction, derived from after-certification benefits, has been arisen in the companies. For instance, enhanced employee awareness, improved company's image and winning new customers, significantly contributing to their competitiveness, are some of the benefits found in this process.

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“…Food security is related to the concept that indicates that food will not harm the health of the consumer when prepared and / or consumed according to the intended use (ABNT 2006). Thus, increasingly competitive strategies are developed by groups in the agrifood industry in order to win consumer confidence in quality, provenance and food safety (Vieira, 2009), ensuring that consumer health is not affected (Cantanhede et al 2018).…”

“…The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) established that the ISO 22000 standard does not it was efficient in achieving approval. It obtained full approval in 2010 (Cantanhede et al 2018). Thus, FSSC 22000 was created as a combination of ISO 22000: 2005 and Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 220: 2008, being approved and recognized as a food product certification reference for the food industry (Severino, 2016;Cantanhede et al 2018).…”

“…Strictly speaking, it is understood that the agroindustrial cooperative, from the implementation and execution of the policies arising from the FSSC 22000 certification, should maintain the process of delineating its organizational structure, considering the context in which it is inserted (Adner & Zemsky, 2006) directly linked to its market strategy (Chandler, 1962;Okumus, 2003;Pearce & Robinson, 2000) and, specifically to consumer health (Cantanhede et al 2018).…”