Food Industry

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
AND HEALTH
 Introduction
• Scope of food Industry :
• Agriculture: raising of crops and livestock, and seafood
• Manufacturing: agrichemicals, agricultural construction, farm machinery
and supplies, seed, etc.
• Food processing: preparation of fresh products for market, and
manufacture of prepared food products
• Marketing: promotion of generic products (e.g., milk board), new
products, advertising, marketing campaigns, packaging, public relations,
etc.
• Wholesale and food distribution: logistics, transportation, warehousing
Agriculture Manufacturing Food processing

Marketing Wholesale & Food Distribution

 Factor of Industry Accidents

Human factors
Administration Factors
Physical Factors
 Human Factors
• Carelessness/clumsy - Not Focus
- Daydreaming
during work

• No Knowledge - Lack of Skill

- Not handling machine properly

• No Discipline - Not following the notes

- Taking a shortcut to ease work
Administration Factors

Lack of training for worker about the safety

from the employer

Lack of security controls

No established procedures
Physical Factors
- Workplace
Not hygiene( always wet, mess, slippery floor)
Non-conducive ventilation system
Irregular wiring system
Workplace lighting inadequate
Overload
Wrong usage for certain equipment

- Machine and equipment

Using old machine and equipment
Rarely maintenance
Machine control in wrong ways
Accident and their effect
Accident Effect

Slips and falls Injuries such as musculoskeletal

pain

Falling Objects Harmful to worker and product

Chemicals burn Burned worker skin

Improper lifting Damage the product

Factory burning Death

Serious injury
Accident that happen in Malaysia Food Industry
Accident that happen in Food Industry
Type Of Hazard In Food Industry

• Biological Hazards
• Chemical Hazards
• Physical/Extraneous Material Hazards
• Allergenic Hazards
• Nutritional Hazards
• Biotechnology-related Hazards/Novel Foods
 Biological hazard
• Biological hazards occur when hazardous or pathogenic organisms are
introduced to food and thus pose a food safety concern to consumers.
• Example
• Bacteria
• Viruses
• Parasites

• Come from the workplace environment or from in adequate sanitation practices

and cross contamination during transportation, handling, processing and
storage such as poor food hygiene practices.
 Chemical Hazard
• Occur when chemicals are present in foods at levels that can be
dangerous to humans
• Contamination may occur through many ways
 The environment(air, soil, water)
 Intentional use of chemicals (pesticides and veterinary drugs)
 Manufacturing process
 Addition of food additives
• Example of chemical
• Mycotoxins
• Natural toxin produced by fungi
 Physical Material Hazard
• Extraneous material can be considered hazardous due to its hardness, sharpness, size or
shape.
• Examples of extraneous materials that may be found in food
• insects, hair, metal fragments, pieces of plastic, wood chips and glass
• It may cause lacerations, perforations and wounds or may become a choking hazard.
 Allergenic Hazard
• Any protein that is capable of producing abnormal response in sensitive
response usually involve with human antibodies.
• Example
• Skin rash
• Slight itching of the mouth
• Migraine headaches
• Types of food that can caused allergic
• Peanuts
• Eggs
• Seafoods
• Soy
• Mustard
 Biotechnology-related Hazards/Novel Foods

• The definition of biotechnology used by CFIA is:

"The application of science and engineering to the direct or indirect use of living
organisms or parts or products of living organisms in their natural or modified
forms"
• The genetically modified (GM) food may cause hazard in developing
allergenicity, transfer of genes from GM food to cells of the body or to bacteria
in the in gastrointestinal tract.
Overview of OSHA

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a federal agency of the

United States that regulates workplace safety and health

• Occupational Safety and Health Act (United States) of 1970, a federal law in
the United States, the act that created the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration mentioned above
GENERAL DUTIES OF EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEES
Employer
i. Provide information, instructions and supervision to ensure safety and well-
being.
ii. Provide and maintain work places and systems to be safe and healthy.
iii. Manage the procurement, use, handling, storage, transportation and disposal
of materials safely.
iv. Provide welfare facilities to employees such as worker's rest room, suitable
dining and emergency facilities.
Employee
i. Take reasonable care of the safety and health of himself and others
ii. Collaborate with employers or any other person in discharging any
obligations or requirements imposed on employers or other persons.
iii. Wearing & using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) provided by the
employer.
iv. Adhere to any instructions or steps on safety & health introduced by his /
her employer.
v. Report all incident that take place in workplace to employer.