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Hygiene Assessment of the Performance of Food Safety Management System Implemented by Abattoirs in Edo State, Nigeria
The aim of this paper is to present a measure of the performance of Food Safety Management System (FSMS) implemented in five municipal abattoirs situated in Edo State, Nigeria. Hygiene status of the abattoirs was assessed by a quantitative interpretation of observations obtained from visual inspecti...
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Published in: | Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management 2015-11, Vol.19 (3), p.521 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | The aim of this paper is to present a measure of the performance of
Food Safety Management System (FSMS) implemented in five municipal
abattoirs situated in Edo State, Nigeria. Hygiene status of the
abattoirs was assessed by a quantitative interpretation of observations
obtained from visual inspection of abattoir's operations by a
3-member panelist. Hygiene assessment was then confirmed by
microbiological performance criteria that were based on standard
predetermined guide values. Results obtained from present study
indicated that the overall hygienic status (hygienic status of the
lairage and processing environment were 17.8 % and 12.9 % respectively)
of the abattoirs was bad, indicating that no systems and no written
records exist, and lay workers without any training were expected to
apply hygiene standards. Results also revealed that microbial safety
level was estimated at 0.83, indicating that values of microbiological
parameters examined grossly exceeded the safe limit and improvements
were needed to be made on multiple control activity of the food safety
plan. Values of the hygienic status and microbial safety level,
therefore, corroborate that the overall performance of FSMS implemented
in the abattoirs in Edo State was generally evaluated as poor. |
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ISSN: | 1119-8362 2659-1502 1119-8362 2659-1499 |
DOI: | 10.4314/jasem.v19i3.23 |