A Comprehensive Guide to Raw Material Risk Assessment for the Food Industry

Purpose: This comprehensive guide is an essential technical resource for navigating the complex landscape of raw material risk in the modern food industry. Its purpose is to provide a detailed framework for identifying, assessing, and controlling the full spectrum of potential risks—from safety and authenticity to legality and quality—associated with all food ingredients, additives, processing aids, and primary packaging.

By integrating foundational methodologies like HACCP and VACCP, the article serves as a practical foundation for developing and justifying the documented risk assessments mandated by global food safety standards.

Audience: This guide is written for food industry professionals tasked with ensuring the integrity of their supply chain and the safety of their final products. It is an invaluable tool for Quality Assurance and Technical Managers, Food Safety Practitioners, Procurement and Supply Chain Specialists, auditors, and consultants responsible for implementing and maintaining robust food safety management systems in line with GFSI-benchmarked standards such as BRCGS and FSSC 22000.