Is labour productivity affected by the adoption of food safety and quality assurance systems?

Herath, Deepananda P

Is labour Productivity Affected by the Adoption of Food Safety and Quality Assurance Systems? [...] The aim of this paper is to explore whether adoption of food safety and quality assurance systems such as Hazard Analysis. [...] In the case of federally-registered plants, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) introduced the HACCP-based Food Safety Enhancement Program (FSEP) in 1991 as an ‘add-on’. [...] A number of impacts of adopting food safety and quality assurance systems have been explored in the literature. [...] Indeed, in the context of intense competition through expanding global trade in food, there is greater need for the food processing sector and policy-makers to assess the impact of adoption of enhanced food safety and quality assurance systems on labour productivity.

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