Integrating environmental management into food safety and food packaging in Malaysia: review of the food regulation 1985

7th International Conference on Environment and Industrial Innovation

生态环境科学;工业技术

Nordin, N.H.^1 ; Hara, H.^1 ; Kaida, N.^2

Department of Environment Engineering and Green Technology, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia^1

Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, University of Tsukuba, Japan^2

关键词: Food packaging;    Food packaging industry;    Food poisoning;    Malaysia;    Packaged food;    Polyvinyl chloride (PVC);    Public safety;    Qualitative analysis;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/67/1/012009/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/67/1/012009

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Food safety is an important issue that is related to public safety to prevent the toxicity threats of the food. Management through legal approach has been used in Malaysia as one of the predominant approaches to manage the environment. In this regard, the Food Regulation 1985 has been one of the mechanisms of environmental management through legal approach in controlling the safety of packaged food in food packaging industry in Malaysia. The present study aims to analyse and to explain the implementation of the Food Regulation 1985 in controlling the safety of packaged food in Malaysia and to integrate the concept of environmental management into the food safety issue. Qualitative analysis on the regulation document revealed that there are two main themes, general and specific, while their seven sub themes are included harmful packages, safety packages, reuse packages, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), alcoholic bottle, toys, money and others and iron powder. The implementation of the Food Regulation 1985 in controlling the safety of packaged food should not be regarded solely for regulation purposes but should be further developed for a broader sense of food safety from overcoming the food poisoning.