MIDDLE EAST: Debate about food safety best practices rages on - (ArabianBusiness.com)
May 14, 2008 – 8:49 pmDespite the fact that many of the region’s hotels and restaurants are in the process of gaining HACCP certification at present to meet international standards of safety, Coral Deira Dubai general manager Naucer Mechmoum claimed these standards were “absolutely out of date and obsolete, as they are more than half a century old” adding, “The UAE has witnessed an impressive development in the hotel sector in terms of products and standards, and I’m sure that hygiene is given the appropriate consideration. However, since HACCP was first established in the 1960s, science, technology and our profession have progressed tremendously.”
Nowadays, the innovation in the food safety field was ISO 22000, Mechmoum stated, which was established in October 2005.
“The HACCP guidelines only account for about 20% of this particular food safety management system,” he said. “The critical control points (CCPs) deal with cooking and storage temperatures whereas ISO 22000 is a management system […]
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