This presentation provides a glimpse into how Macau manages it food safety

1. Back then
From Farm to Fork (good old days)
Garden of Eden, Adam & Eva

2. Local Challenges
Limitations on Food Sources
Poor cold chain management
Weak tri-party collaboration among the
government, food business and consumers
Lack of regulatory enforcements

3. Local Challenges
Imported food makes
up over 90% of food
sources

4. Food Sources
Hello! I’m from US
Hello! I’m from New Zealand
Hello! I’m from Argentina
Hello! I’m from China
Hello! I’m from Brazil
Hello! I’m from Mexico
Hello! I’m from Malaysia

5. Local Challenges
Inconsistent of product information
Weak tractability
Vulnerable to external factors
(food recall & scandal)

6. … is no coincidence
… don’t take it for granted
Producing Safe Food…
Don’t eat sandwich
today or you’ll be
very sick!

7. What Should We Do?
Where is the
control?
Vulnerable
food supply
High staff
turn over
Complexity
of business
Volume &
scale of
business
Risk

8. Holy cow
Holy cow!!!

9. We need FSMS in place
Consider the diversity of operation
Scale & volume of business
Multiple controls (filters) to eliminate
external risks
FSMS= Food Safety Management System
Urgently^

10. The system can help employees
engage in the process
Food safety knowledge and practices are
valuable to individual’s career development
= WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME (WIIFM)

11. FSMS helps retaining staff
Reduces absence related to employee’s
illness
Improves employee pride in the operation
Certification provides greater employment
opportunities

12. Back to basic
Start from Scratch
despite high labor cost,
limitation of space…

13. Macau Hospitality
Collaboration on Food Safety
Coordinate cargo shipment from overseas
Skip distributors (less chances of
mishandling)
Collective pressure to suppliers
Product quality & service improvement

14. Collaboration on Food Safety
Express long term issues to local authority
with collective voices
Regulated food safety
training in food services and
food retails

15. One More Thing…

16. Come visit us in Macau
Thank You!
Ruby O
Director of Food Safety, City of Dreams
rubyo@cod-macau.com

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