# Revisiting Key Performance Indicators That Evaluate Food Safety Management Systems: A Short Review

## TL;DR

This paper reviews food safety indicators used in different types of food companies to evaluate their management systems.

## Contribution

The study categorizes food safety performance indicators into process-based, product-based, and company-based types.

## Key findings

- Process-based indicators include hygiene, control, maintenance, storage, purchasing, and human resources.
- Product-based indicators focus on production effectiveness as a core process.
- Company-based indicators assess the overall effectiveness of food safety systems.

## Abstract

The main aim of this paper was to revisit scientific manuscripts and identify key food safety performance indicators that may be applicable in different types of food company. A total of 48 papers has been analyzed, and results show that indicators may be categorized as process-based, product-based, and company-based performance indicators. Process-based indicators analyzed the effectiveness of processes found in a majority of food companies such as hygiene, control, maintenance, storage, purchasing, and human resources. Product-based indicators were analyzed through the perspective of production effectiveness as the core process in all food companies. Company-based indicators were deployed in terms of indicators used to verify the effectiveness of the food safety system.