Factors affecting the adoption of quality assurance systems in small food enterprises

Karipidis, Philippos; Athanassiadis, K.; Aggelopoulos, Stamatis; Giompliakis, E.

doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2008.02.008

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“…Small businesses, as defined in section 1, will have two years to comply, very small businesses must comply within three years, and other businesses would have to comply within one year after publication of the final rules. Participants of the study suggested that the timeline might be a challenge for the small food facilities, as the evolution of employee capabilities and skills would take time beyond the defined deadlines (Bas, Yüksel, & Çavusoglu, 2007;Karipidis, Athanassiadis, Aggelopoulos, & Giompliakis, 2009). Similar concerns have been reported by others (Mortlock, Peters, & Griffith, 1999;Panisello, Quantick, & Knowles, 1999;Ward, 2001).…”

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Food safety modernization act: A quality management approach to identify and prioritize factors affecting adoption of preventive controls among small food facilities

2016

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The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law in the United States in 2011, shifting the existing food safety focus from a reactive to a preventive approach. According to literature, legislative requirements of FSMA can be challenging for small food facilities affected by the regulations immediately or in near future. Thus, the purpose of this research was to utilize quality management tools to identify and prioritize major challenges faced by small food facilities in adopting the preventive controls' component of the FSMA legislation. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews of food industry representatives and academic professionals from the Midwest region of the United States. An affinity diagram was used to identify the set of challenges that emerged from the interviews, following which a weighted multi-voting survey was used to prioritize the identified challenges. Major identified challenges included: understanding of the FSMA law, cost of implementation, timeline for implementation, employee preparedness, absence of quality culture, and employee willingness. Furthermore, a difference was observed in how industry representatives and academic professionals rank ordered the above-listed challenges. shifting the existing food safety focus from a reactive to a preventive approach. According to literature, legislative requirements of FSMA can be challenging for small food facilities affected by the regulations immediately or in near future. Thus, the purpose of this research was to utilize quality management tools to identify and prioritize major challenges faced by small food facilities in adopting the preventive controls' component of the FSMA legislation. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews of food industry representatives and academic professionals from the Midwest region of the United States. An affinity diagram was used to identify the set of challenges that emerged from the interviews, following which a weighted multi-voting survey was used to prioritize the identified challenges. Major identified challenges included: understanding of the FSMA law, cost of implementation, timeline for implementation, employee preparedness, absence of quality culture, and employee willingness. Furthermore, a difference was observed in how industry representatives and academic professionals rank ordered the above-listed challenges.Keywords: Food safety modernization act, preventive controls, small food facilities, quality management, challenges This is the accepted manuscript of an article published in Food Control 66 (2016): 241-249. The final version can be found at http://dx

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“…Previous studies investigating the factors of the internal business environment that have an impact on farmers' certification-related decisions also identified some market and public policy factors (Karipidis et al 2009;Asfaw et al 2010a, b;Masakure et al 2011;Muriithi et al 2011;Kersting and Wollni 2012;Karipidis and Tselempis 2014;Soltani et al 2014;Veldstra et al 2014). We select thirteen factors of the external business environment identified in these studies and we also add three factors that we identified in some in-depth interviews with producers as crucial in order to examine the research hypotheses.…”

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“…MARKET conditions Customers are interested in certified products Karipidis et al 2009 Buyers demand for implementation of QMS Asfaw et al 2010a;Kersting and Wollni 2012 Buyers demand minimum quality requirements Absence of provision of appropriate information/ technical support Asfaw et al 2010b;Veldstra et al 2014;Muriithi et al 2011 Penalisation and control exerted by the authorities Reardon et al 2003 implementing QMS to render the product more competitive and to reduce price uncertainty. The exertion of control and imposition of fines on behalf of buyers impel farmers to implement a QMS so as to avoid penalisation.…”

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“…Enterprises that implement quality management systems (QMSs) and pursue quality assurance schemes (QAS) gain some benefits connected with factors of the internal and external business environment (Chow-Chua et al 2003;Karipidis et al 2009;Lee et al 2009;To et al 2012). Therefore, they invest in quality plans by choosing the appropriate QAS, in correspondence with the challenges and threats posed in the external environment by market conditions and public policy measures.…”

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“…Since the quality of the finished food depends substantially on the quality of the primary agricultural products, some studies have dealt with the adoption and implementation of QMS decisions in agriculture and each of them identified a number of determinants of such decisions (Karipidis et al 2009;Asfaw et al 2010a, b;Masakure et al 2011;Muriithi et al 2011;Kersting and Wollni 2012;Karipidis and Tselempis 2014;Soltani et al 2014;Veldstra et al 2014). These studies analyse the adoption/nonadoption and implementation/non-implementation decisions focusing mostly on factors of the internal business environment, adding also, in some cases, one or more factors from the market and/or policy.…”

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This study examines whether the implementation of a quality management system (QMS) and the choice of a certain quality assurance scheme (QAS) were decided as responses by fruit and vegetable producers to market conditions, separating certification decisions into two components. A survey study is conducted and two discrete choice models are estimated: ordered logit for the implementation of QMS and binary probit for the choice of QAS. It is found that the buyers' demand for certification and the efforts of farmers to differentiate their products from others in an area that may present local quality problems lead farm businesses to accelerate QMS implementation. Regarding the choice of a private QAS, it is a market-driven decision. The conclusion is that certifications are characterised by a market-driven approach and the increased interest in certified products can lead to the diffusion of certification. Because the absence of information provision and the controls exerted by public authorities have an impact on QMS implementation, the diffusion of certification depends also on public policy measures, indicating the crucial role of a public policy mix properly designed to promote certification.

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Factors affecting the adoption of quality assurance systems in small food enterprises

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Food safety modernization act: A quality management approach to identify and prioritize factors affecting adoption of preventive controls among small food facilities

Food safety modernization act: A quality management approach to identify and prioritize factors affecting adoption of preventive controls among small food facilities

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