QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY

U radu su opisani sustavi upravljanja kvalitetom u prehrambenoj industriji. Sustavi se primjenjuju u ocjeni izvrsnosti svih subjekata u poslovanju hranom s osnovnim ciljem zaštite potrošaca i stjecanja njihovog povjerenja u proizvodnju i distribuciju sigurne hrane. Samim subjektima usvajanje sustava upravljanja hranom daje potrebnu sigurnost i konkurentnost prilikom poslovanja. Globalizaciju tržišta prate i sustavi upravljanja kvalitetom, pa se standardizirani primjenjuju u svjetskim razmjerima.This paper describes several quality management systems in the food industry. The systems are applied in the quality assessment of all business subjects in the food industry, with the primary objective of protecting consumers and gaining their trust in safe food production and distribution. The adoption of food management systems also gives businesses in the food industry the security and the competitiveness they need on the market. Quality management systems keep up with market globalization and are consequently applied as standard worldwide