FOOD SAFETY SYSTEMS’ FUNCTIONING IN POLISH NETWORKS OF GROCERY STORES

This article shows the way how the food safety systems are functioning in Polish networks of grocery stores. The study was conducted in the fourth quarter of 2012 in the south‐eastern Poland. There were chosen three organizations that meet certain conditions: medium size Polish grocery network witho...

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Main Authors: Paweł NOWICKI, Piotr KAFEL, Tadeusz SIKORA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2013-04-01
Series:Management Systems in Production Engineering
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Online Access:http://wydawnictwo.panova.pl/pliki/10_2013/2013_10_01_Nowicki.pdf
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Piotr KAFEL
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description This article shows the way how the food safety systems are functioning in Polish networks of grocery stores. The study was conducted in the fourth quarter of 2012 in the south‐eastern Poland. There were chosen three organizations that meet certain conditions: medium size Polish grocery network without participation of foreign capital and up to 30 retail locations within the group. Studies based on a case study model. The research found that regular and unannounced inspections carried out to each store's, impact on increasing safety of food offered and the verification of GHP requirements on the headquarters level has a significant impact on the safety of food offered as well as on the knowledge and behavior of employees. In addition it was found that the verification and analysis of food safety management system is an effective tool for improving food safety. It was also shown that in most cases there is no formal crisis management system for the food protection in the surveyed companies and employees are only informed of what to do in case of an emergency.
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spelling doaj.art-1e0a5f2b68654acca82b4bb4992fb0c62022-12-22T01:49:27ZengSciendoManagement Systems in Production Engineering2299-04612013-04-0110257FOOD SAFETY SYSTEMS’ FUNCTIONING IN POLISH NETWORKS OF GROCERY STORESPaweł NOWICKI0Piotr KAFEL1Tadeusz SIKORA2University of Economics in Kraków, Department of Quality Management, POLANDUniversity of Economics in Kraków, Department of Quality Management, POLANDUniversity of Economics in Kraków, Department of Quality Management, POLANDThis article shows the way how the food safety systems are functioning in Polish networks of grocery stores. The study was conducted in the fourth quarter of 2012 in the south‐eastern Poland. There were chosen three organizations that meet certain conditions: medium size Polish grocery network without participation of foreign capital and up to 30 retail locations within the group. Studies based on a case study model. The research found that regular and unannounced inspections carried out to each store's, impact on increasing safety of food offered and the verification of GHP requirements on the headquarters level has a significant impact on the safety of food offered as well as on the knowledge and behavior of employees. In addition it was found that the verification and analysis of food safety management system is an effective tool for improving food safety. It was also shown that in most cases there is no formal crisis management system for the food protection in the surveyed companies and employees are only informed of what to do in case of an emergency.http://wydawnictwo.panova.pl/pliki/10_2013/2013_10_01_Nowicki.pdfGMPGHPHACCPfood safetygrocery storesretail
spellingShingle Paweł NOWICKI
Piotr KAFEL
Tadeusz SIKORA
FOOD SAFETY SYSTEMS’ FUNCTIONING IN POLISH NETWORKS OF GROCERY STORES
Management Systems in Production Engineering
GMP
GHP
HACCP
food safety
grocery stores
retail
title FOOD SAFETY SYSTEMS’ FUNCTIONING IN POLISH NETWORKS OF GROCERY STORES
title_full FOOD SAFETY SYSTEMS’ FUNCTIONING IN POLISH NETWORKS OF GROCERY STORES
title_fullStr FOOD SAFETY SYSTEMS’ FUNCTIONING IN POLISH NETWORKS OF GROCERY STORES
title_full_unstemmed FOOD SAFETY SYSTEMS’ FUNCTIONING IN POLISH NETWORKS OF GROCERY STORES
title_short FOOD SAFETY SYSTEMS’ FUNCTIONING IN POLISH NETWORKS OF GROCERY STORES
title_sort food safety systems functioning in polish networks of grocery stores
topic GMP
GHP
HACCP
food safety
grocery stores
retail
url http://wydawnictwo.panova.pl/pliki/10_2013/2013_10_01_Nowicki.pdf
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