Food Security Management System: Model for Dripping used for Cooking Purposes

Abstract

In 2009, The World Summit on Food Security introduced four pillars of food security namely; availability, access, utilization, and stability. Food security could be substantially improved by increased investment and policy reforms. The ISO 22000:2005 family of international standards is one of leading food safety security management systems and it specifically addresses food safety management. The purpose of this study is to develop an extended framework of standards opposed to ISO 22000:2005 food safety standards considering one additional pillar in food security, which is food safety, with a special reference to edible oil and oil-based products. Among 745 Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) registered food preparation facilities, 75 facilities were selected as a stratified random sample. A self-administered online questionnaire was used to identify gaps in local food security practices in edible oil. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 21 and characteristics of sample were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results of the survey revealed that the Sri Lankan food preparation facilities are significantly behind in food security practices. Therefore, in addition to food safety management system, we suggest to include four pillars in food security systems into the existing food safety standard due to lack of food security practices in food preparation facilities. Considering the deviated areas in the practice, which were identified through our questionnaire, we developed a novel model of food security management system for a comprehensive assessment of food preparation facilities.