...Seema Shukla; Surya Prakash Singh; Ravi Shankar Purpose India is in the process to achieve an important place in $2,000bn global food trade. In order to achieve this goal, there is a need to develop a food safety system which is well written down in line with international practices...

... integrated structure. Research limitations/implications Conclusions bring to light the sustained business leverage provided by food IMSs. Thus, food industry managers are driven to streamline the quality, food safety and environmental processes following an IMS approach. Future research on multiple cases...

... in this study and the subjective character of the data constitute the limitations of the present study. However, these limitations suggest future research orientations. Practical implications The food companies are supposed to implement a food safety management system, because of either internal or external...

... difference between the two systems is the scope. HACCP is process‐ and product‐oriented. HACCP is totally focused on food safety therefore quality factors should not be part of a HACCP program (Newslow, 1997). In contrast, ISO 9000 is more systems‐oriented and designed to manage quality (National Food...