IMPACTS OF FOOD SAFETY ON FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS

Food safety is very important as it ensures the health and safety of the consumers of the food produced by industrial processes.The lack of food safety procedures and programs within a food establishment can have an impact on the organization’s financial revenue as well as its future as a food establishment. Across the world statistics and research have shown that food establishments which fail to establish a food safety program or a HACCP

program have been impacted by the following:

1. Recall of food product due to reported cases of illness due to consumption of product.
2. Loss of revenue due to loss of sales and/or product recall.
3. Loss of consumer confidence in product resulting in reduced sales.
4. Law suits filed by consumers resulting in large payouts of revenues.
5. Forced closure due to poor processing standards.
6. Bankruptcy due to fall in sales revenue.