Development of MY FRAM matrix to assess food safety risks in horticultural crops

Soon, Jan Mei orcid iconORCID: 0000-0003-0488-1434 and Baines, Richard (2015) Development of MY FRAM matrix to assess food safety risks in horticultural crops. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 114 . pp. 231-236. ISSN 0168-1699

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2015.04.008

Abstract

A farm food safety risk assessment matrix (MY FRAM) was developed for horticultural farms. The tool enables farmers to carry out self risk assessments on the potential of food safety risks on the farm from site selection to post-harvest handling. MY FRAM was developed on Microsoft ASP. NET C# 4.5 with logical functions and utilised a semi-quantitative risk assessment approach (risk ranking of 1 – 9) for farmers. MY FRAM is an illustrative risk ranking tool to allow farmers to quickly identify potential food safety risks and risk summary and corrective actions are suggested to farms on how to reduce the risks. The tool can also be utilised as a training tool for farm workers to understand the importance of food safety at the farm level.


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