Around the World - Regulatory Compliance and Food Safety Standards
USA
Feb 17, 2025

This chapter explains how growing consumer concerns about a variety of food safety issues and more strict regulatory requirements related to the supply of food products present persistent challenges for the continued access to the international markets of many developing country suppliers. Regulatory compliance helps industries meet customer requirements, gain new customers, and supply safe food to local and global markets. Food safety has taken center stage as the public is becoming aware of their health and the quality of the food they consume. Quality management systems are crucial in each sector of the food industry, to ensure safe, quality food for the consumer. Several risk-based food safety standards, such as GFSI, HACCP, SQF, BRC, and ISO/FSSC 22000, are created to prevent such issues from occurring. The chapter also presents how the food safety initiatives of governments, intergovernmental organizations, and other interested parties are affected by the actions of the international standards systems.
Author(s): Jha, P & Singh, A.K.
Published in: Series. Springer.