Pew Charitable Trusts Releases Guide for Conducting a Food Safety Root Cause Analysis
While foodborne illness investigation methods continue to evolve to keep pace with changing hazards, technologies, and food production, processing, and distribution systems in an increasingly globalized food supply, Pew Charitable Trusts maintains that investigation methods for identifying the root causes of food contamination have not yet been harmonized across food industries, regulatory agencies, academic institutions, and other key stakeholder groups.
Effective execution and communication of root cause analysis can foster collaboration, trust, and knowledge-sharing among food producers, regulatory and nonregulatory agencies, and consumers. Root cause analysis also makes good business sense, because smoothly running operations have less downtime, fewer quality and safety holds, and improved employee morale.