INVESTIGATION OF QUALITY AND FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN HAZELNUT PROCESSING PLANTS: CASE OF ORDU
FINDIK İŞLEME TESİSLERİNDE KALİTE VE GIDA GÜVENLİĞİ YÖNETİM SİSTEMLERİNİN İNCELENMESİ: ORDU İLİ ÖRNEĞİ

Author : Derya ÖZTÜRK -- Ferit ARICI
Number of pages : 324-338

Abstract

In recent years food safety and production quality has gained great importance. The main reason is increased consumer awareness and the resulting demand for safe and high-quality food. This forces organizations to establish and maintain quality and food safety management systems, since these management systems include managerial approaches in addition to food codex requirements. All around the world Turkey, and in Turkey Ordu plays major role on the production, processing and export of hazelnuts. The main objective of this study is; to investigate the quality and food safety management systems in organizations in City of Ordu and to discover the effects these management systems bring to the organizations. Within the contex of this study, qualitative research analysis has been used in processing the data generated by meeting with the organizations. In conclusion, the importance and the value of quality and food safety management systems within the hazelnut processing organizations has been demonstrated.

Keywords

Quality management system, Food processing, Food safety, Hazelnut

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