ABSTRACT
Manufacturing companies must employ a range of Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) that adhere to international, national, private, and proprietary standards if they wish to increase the safety of their food products and satisfy consumer and market demands. These organisations can only accomplish their objectives in this manner. The phrase "Multiple Food Safety Management Systems" (MFSMS) refers, in this study's findings, to a situation in which a single organisation has embraced and implemented more than one FSMS standard. This study's goal is to examine the reasons why MFSMS was adopted, as well as how that adoption affected the management system and the organisation. A seafood plant in the Maldives that has adopted FSMS is the subject of the case study that is discussed in this essay. The study's conclusions indicate that management's commitment to enhancing food quality and safety, regulatory compliance, market and customer requirements, external funding, marketing tools, brand image, retailer requirements, and commercial pressure were the main forces behind the implementation of MFSMS. Other crucial elements included: A greater cost of compliance, inability to concentrate on the adopted standard, ineffective internal audits and management reviews, more time needed for management system operations, more man-days assigned to external audits, and other effects are also mentioned in the report. The study's findings draw attention to several pressing issues that may have an impact on how food processors, standard-setters, benchmarking organisations, and clients that want exact specifications formulate their policies.
Keywords: multiple food safety management systems; FSMS; seafood; standard; motivations; consequence
