TY - JOUR
T1 - Food defense
T2 - Perceptions and attitudes of Brazilian dairy companies
AU - Lopes, Leo O.
AU - Silva, Ramon
AU - Guimarães, Jonas T.
AU - Coutinho, Nathalia M.
AU - Castro, Bruna G.
AU - Pimentel, Tatiana C.
AU - Duarte, Maria Carmela K.H.
AU - Freitas, Mônica Q.
AU - Esmerino, Erick A.
AU - Sant'Ana, Anderson S.
AU - Silva, Márcia C.
AU - Azeredo, Denise R.P.
AU - Granato, Daniel
AU - Cruz, Adriano G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Dairy Science Association
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - This study aimed to evaluate the perception of Brazilian dairy processors (n = 31) concerning food defense. The results showed that respondents consider the implementation of control procedures related to facilities, products, materials, and individuals as important measures in food defense. The higher agreement rates (strongly agreed + slightly agreed) of the companies in relation to the perception of food defense were 84% for external security, followed by personnel security (82%), generalities (81%), and internal security (74%). Thus, protecting facilities and controlling the traffic flow were considered to be the most important actions under the participants' perspectives. Employee satisfaction and identification of end products and raw materials are also considered relevant in the food defense program. Although food defense is not a formal requirement in Brazilian law, the results show that there is adequate awareness of this topic by the Brazilian dairy companies.
AB - This study aimed to evaluate the perception of Brazilian dairy processors (n = 31) concerning food defense. The results showed that respondents consider the implementation of control procedures related to facilities, products, materials, and individuals as important measures in food defense. The higher agreement rates (strongly agreed + slightly agreed) of the companies in relation to the perception of food defense were 84% for external security, followed by personnel security (82%), generalities (81%), and internal security (74%). Thus, protecting facilities and controlling the traffic flow were considered to be the most important actions under the participants' perspectives. Employee satisfaction and identification of end products and raw materials are also considered relevant in the food defense program. Although food defense is not a formal requirement in Brazilian law, the results show that there is adequate awareness of this topic by the Brazilian dairy companies.
KW - dairy companies
KW - food fraud
KW - food safety
KW - quality control
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086663164&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3168/jds.2020-18338
DO - 10.3168/jds.2020-18338
M3 - Article
C2 - 32564952
AN - SCOPUS:85086663164
SN - 0022-0302
VL - 103
SP - 8675
EP - 8682
JO - Journal of Dairy Science
JF - Journal of Dairy Science
IS - 9
ER -