Quality and food safety issues revealed in certified food companies in three Western Balkans countries

Đjekić, Ilija; Tomašević, Igor; Radovanovic, Radomir

doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.04.006

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“…Between 1994 and 2000, a tenfold increase was recorded for expenditures on eating OH, attributed to urbanization and high availability of relatively inexpensive fast-food shops [ 5 ]. It is typical to find kiosks and fast-food vendors around schools, among them universities, generally selling energy-dense foods, while at the same time regulatory and informative measures for the nutritional quality and safety of these foods is generally poor [ 6 , 7 ]. The available fast-food items are mainly meat-based wraps, pizzas, chips, soft drinks, croissants, processed meat products and different types of sandwiches, characterized by high macronutrient density and degree of processing.…”

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Examining food intake and eating out of home patterns among university students

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Eating out of home (OH) is increasingly popular in Balkan countries, among them Albania. To date there is only anecdotal evidence regarding nutritional quality of food consumed OH and the contribution to diet. This study assessed intake of foods and drinks consumed OH and at home (AH), as well as their nutritional contribution to the daily diet of university students in Tirana, Albania. Using a single day Automated Multiple Pass Method (AMPM) 24-hour dietary recall, we examined food intake among 289 students aged 18–24 years old, from three major universities in Albania. Contribution of eating OH to total energy intake per day, as well as to daily consumption of macronutrients by eating OH intensity tertiles were assessed. Foods and drinks consumed OH contributed 46.9% [95%CI:41.4–52.8] of total daily energy intake, representing, on average, 1169.1kcal [95%CI:1088.3–1249.9]. Sweets, soft drinks and meat products were more frequently consumed OH, while fruits and vegetables consumption was extremely low. The average quantity of sugars and dietary fats per day was higher AH, 76.9g [95%CI:70.3–83.5] and 173.7g [95%CI:163.2–184.2] respectively, compared to OH, 33.7g [95%CI:30.4–37.0] and 142.0g [95%CI:131.5–152.5] respectively. Dietary composition of AH intake was richer in sugars, total fats and proteins, while OH intake was richer in saturated fats. The overall diet appeared unhealthy, when nutrients were assessed as energy percentage against WHO proposed nutrient standards for sugar and saturated fats. Eating OH, even though was associated with lower fruits and vegetables intake, was not clearly associated with poor diet quality, as AH foods were also characterized by increased saturated fats and sugars intake as energy percentage. This study provides data on the first assessment of current dietary patterns of the studied population and can be used as baseline for designing and conducting future studies and interventions targeting malnutrition in all its forms.

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“…Thus, it is not a perfect indicator of the real value of the management system. In the same line, there is an ongoing discussion concerning the credibility of the certification bodies (Konefal and Hatanaka, 2011;Djekic, Tomasevic and Radovanovic, 2011).…”

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The Reasons for Decertification of ISO 9001: Financial Aspects

Kafel

Simon

2017

QIP Journal

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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the financial performance of organizations that give up their QMS (Quality Management System) according to ISO 9001 certification. Different reasons found for the cancellation of ISO 9001 certification were taken into consideration. The decrease in certification of ISO 9001 standard is, during the past few years, noticeable in many countries. Therefore, there is a need to analyze the phenomena.Methodology/Approach: The study analyses financial performance of organizations and reasons of ISO 9001 certificates cancellation based on 99 Polish organizations, which gave up certification in years 2012 and 2013. The reasons of certificate cancelation were obtained from the quality managers of studied organizations. Financial performance was estimated on the basis of the ROA indicator value.Findings: The results show that in the studied organizations, there is a big group of companies that had financial problems. There were 28.8% of organizations that did not have profits at all, and 32.9% with a financial performance, calculated according to ROA indicator value, lower than the average for the industry in which studied organizations were operating. Surprisingly, there is no evident correlation between the reasons of ISO 9001 decertification and financial performance of these organizations.Research Limitation/implication: The data cover Polish organizations that give up ISO 9001 certification, and they were obtained only from one certification body. Survey data concerning the decision of decertification cover only a two-year period of time.Originality/Value of paper: The findings of our study might be helpful for the managers of organizations and certification bodies as well as for the researchers to describe the effectiveness of activities related to QMS implementation, certification and cancellation.

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“…Also, an important part of any food safety system is personal hygiene (Djekic et al . ). Seasonal effects on the occurrence of hygienic indicators on HF’ hands are presented in Fig.…”

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