A Study of Implementing Effective Registered System to Food Industry in Taiwan
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Huang, Hsiao-Chiao
Abstract
In today''s food industry, due to the flourishing of science and technology, economy, and international trade, the composition of the supply chain and the complexity of the transaction rise, on the way of delivering foodstuffs from the manufacturer side to consumers, the manufacturing processes of different plants at home and abroad may be involved or a variety of additives may be used to increase food taste or flavor. With the increasing levels involved on the supply chain, if information integration cannot be carried out, the situation of information lack is quite common and some potential risks related to public health are also hidden in food products. In recent years, there have been frequent food safety incidents in Taiwan. In this study, the causes were summarized and mainly classified into three dimensions, of products, information, and policy; besides, we focused on the information dimension and the adulteration of food additives in the product dimension for discussion. The food quality management systems currently widely used in Taiwan such as ISO 22000, HACCP, or various food certification standards or practices mostly belong to the prior prevention before food safety events occur. However, whenever the food security events occur, the government needs to spend a lot of time finding out the exactly affected product and enterprise ranges by checking accounts, import and export records, and other measures so that the time-consuming processes not only make the general public feel disturbed but also make the illegal companies have the opportunity to eliminate evidence. This study aims to investigate how the D-U-N-S® Number and the D-U-N-S® Registered™ of the Dun & Bradstreet are applied in today''s food safety environment in Taiwan, clarifying the association of the family tree of the enterprise to establish the complete database of responsibility attribution after the food security event, ensure that the enterprises in the supply chain operate lawfully, and compensate for the absence that only the quality management systems of prior prevention are used in Taiwan nowadays. Additionally, in the system, the risk assessment model can be established through the business database to assist the government in taking precedence on auditing the enterprise with higher risks under the circumstances that the audit resources are limited to strengthen the beforehand preventive measures for food safety. The results of this study can be the reference when the government develops the food safety policies and information systems. Although research restrictions exist so that the solutions need to be reinforced, this study can still be the foundation for future research.
Subjects
D-U-N-S? Number
D-U-N-S? Registered?
food safety
food quality management
Type
thesis