Food Safety Risk Research Paper

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Food Safety Risk-assessment Skills of Public and Private Food Safety Controllers in the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE

Introduction:

Ensuring food safety for the human consumption and quality through energetic national food control systems is vital for protection of public health. Maintaining food safety is a shared responsibility, mainly between the food control authorities, food producers, distributers and retailers (McIntyre et al., 2014).

In any food chain, public and private food controllers constitute the first defence line against foodborne diseases. Food controllers/assessors are the corner stone in any food-safety management system. Their risk assessment skills are fundamental components of food-control packages of tools that judge their competency and reflect positively on the food safety goals of the community.

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The food retails services that have food control personnel were 49. Thus, the total population of the study will be around 250.
All of them are going to be included in the study.

Study sample:
250

Data collection technique
Interviews through structured questionnaire will be conducted using a trained staff of data collectors. All interviews will be conducted face to face and recorded with permission for further evaluation.

Language of the questionnaire and interviews
The structured questionnaire is in English. However, the interviewer may use Arabic and Urdu languages where appropriate.

Ethical issues
Ethical clearance will be obtained from the responsible committee at University of Sharjah. The committee will thoroughly examine the procedures and rationale of the study to govern its ethics requirement. Any suggestions or requests for modification or maintaining ethics will be

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