This general risk analysis approach as applied to food safety has evolved to address the unique aspects of food hazards.
In particular, food safety policy has embraced the need for a farm to table preventative approach, of ten characterized as application of the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points framework to evaluating and controlling risks.
The HACCP system was first developed by L. Unnevehr / Global Food Security 4 (2015) 24 – 29 25 the food processing industry in the 1960s.
The approach has been adapted for more general application and widely adopted as a regulatory tool (Unnevehr and Jensen, 1999 ).
It implies a focus is on determining where risk s enter the food supply chain, where they are likely to reach unacceptable levels, and what specific control measures will prevent risk.
Focusing on “critical control points ” provides a scientific basis for food safety management, and improves economic efficiency by focusing control efforts where they will be most effective.