The Importance Of Food Safety In The Food Service Industry

Food safety is significant issues in food service industry which it impact on the health and well-being of their customers (Abidin, W.Arendt, & Strohbeln, 2014). Food Safety can be defined as conditions and acts necessary to ensure the safety of food at all stages which are purchasing, receiving, storing, issuing, preparing and serving. In the early 21st century, foodborne diseases already been expected to increase especially in developing countries due to the environmental and demographic changes. The growing in the population, unplanned migration from rural to urban areas, and consequent slum formation are bound to increase pollution. The polluted drinking water supplies and unsystematic waste disposal systems that come under intensified pressure in such circumstances and the risk of spread of foodborne pathogens is thereby exacerbated, particularly in developing countries.

These vary from climatic changes, changes in bacterial and other ecological systems, to decreasing fresh water supplies. However, an even greater challenge to food safety will come from changes resulting directly in degradation of sanitation and the immediate human environment.

In other countries, perhaps given the seriousness of food poisoning, only a moral responsibility exists. With the endless outbreak of food safety issues, food safety has become a public concern and attracts ever increasing attention. It is important in order to restore consumers’ confidence in the credibility of government and the food industry (Sun, 2012). Therefore, in this report will highlight about the causes of food poisoning, awareness of food safety in food service industry and ways to implement food