Impact of Compliance with Food Safety Measures in Fish Processing Units
Impact of Compliance with Food Safety Measures in Fish Processing Units
Date
2014
Authors
Gupta, Shiwangi
Kumar, Nalini Ranjan
Krishnan, M
Immanuel, Sheela
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Journal ISSN
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Publisher
Society of Fisheries Technologists (India)Cochin
Abstract
Increasing consumer demand for greater food safety,
particularly in developed countries has triggered the
need for an integrated approach for ensuring food
safety in the entire food production chain viz., from
farm to fork. This study estimates the cost of
compliance with food safety measures in fish
processing plants. The study is based on primary
data collected from 14 fish processors cum exporters
in West Bengal in the year 2011. West Bengal is one
of the largest seafood exporters and contributes
about 9% to the total seafood export from India. The
study shows that status of compliance with food
safety measures in Indian fish processing plants is
satisfactory. Though the cost of compliance with
food safety is high, it is beneficial to processor/
exporter in better price realization and acceptance
of the products in international markets. The
compliance with food safety measures can be
further enhanced by easy and cheap availability of
credit to processors and capacity building of all
stakeholders in fish supply chain for their better
adoption at lower level of supply chain to ensure
safe raw material for the processing industries
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Keywords
Impact, compliance, food safety, fish and fish products, adoption
Citation
Fishery Technology 51 (4) : 261 - 266