Proceedings of The International Conference on Environmental and Technology of Law, Business and Education on Post Covid 19, ICETLAWBE 2020, 26 September 2020, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia

Research Article

Contamination and Supply Chain Issues in Food Safety

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.26-9-2020.2302678,
        author={Mohd Hafiz bin Mohamad Zahari and Elias  Kamaruzzaman and Samsudin  Wahab and Adi Izhar Che Ani and Mohd Rozaiman Aziz},
        title={Contamination and Supply Chain Issues in Food Safety},
        proceedings={Proceedings of The International Conference on Environmental and Technology of Law, Business and Education on Post Covid 19, ICETLAWBE 2020, 26 September 2020, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICETLAWBE},
        year={2020},
        month={12},
        keywords={food contamination supply chain food safety},
        doi={10.4108/eai.26-9-2020.2302678}
    }
    
  • Mohd Hafiz bin Mohamad Zahari
    Elias Kamaruzzaman
    Samsudin Wahab
    Adi Izhar Che Ani
    Mohd Rozaiman Aziz
    Year: 2020
    Contamination and Supply Chain Issues in Food Safety
    ICETLAWBE
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.26-9-2020.2302678
Mohd Hafiz bin Mohamad Zahari1,*, Elias Kamaruzzaman1, Samsudin Wahab1, Adi Izhar Che Ani1, Mohd Rozaiman Aziz1
  • 1: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
*Contact email: hafizmz@yahoo.com

Abstract

The method of food processing offers many possibilities for contamination at different levels. The consequence of inappropriate use of agrochemicals, fertilizers, and pesticides in the field, and antibiotics and anti-parasitic agents in animal agriculture will lead to unsafe compounds in food products. Also, the bacteria and harmful microorganisms contaminate foods that can be spread through sub-optimal storage and transport processes. In food production, the use of unlawful additives will further contaminate food products. The difficulties and time-consuming to trace the origin of the commodity due to complicated long supply chain where involved the processes from raw materials to the final customer lead to great attention from academic researchers to study on the food and agricultural supply chain.