Risk-Based Food Safety Management in a Changing Food System: International Approaches and Implications for Vietnam
Abstract
This review examines risk-based food safety management as a framework for strengthening food control in a changing food system, with particular attention to Vietnam. The review synthesizes recent scientific literature and guidance from Codex Alimentarius, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the World Health Organization, focusing on risk assessment, risk management, risk communication, risk-based inspection, and monitoring. The evidence indicates that risk-based management does not replace preventive systems such as good hygiene practices, good manufacturing practices, hazard analysis and critical control point systems, traceability, or inspection; instead, it provides a framework for prioritizing these measures according to public- health risk and available resources. International practice increasingly emphasizes national data, transparent risk ranking, targeted inspection, and adaptive monitoring. In Vietnam, the Food Safety Law already requires food safety management to be based on risk analysis and defines risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication as its core components. However, recent Vietnamese literature indicates that implementation remains constrained by fragmented institutional arrangements, limited data, human-resource shortages, and complex food supply chains. Studies of fresh produce, seafood processing, and aflatoxin exposure demonstrate that risk- based approaches can be operationalized in Vietnamese conditions. Strengthening integrated surveillance data, microbial and chemical risk assessment, risk-ranking models, targeted inspection, and inter-sectoral coordination could therefore help Vietnam move from predominantly activity- based control toward a more preventive, evidence-based, and adaptive food safety system.
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BibTeX
@article{hien2026riskbased,
title = {{Risk-Based Food Safety Management in a Changing Food System: International Approaches and Implications for Vietnam}},
author = {Nguyen Thi Thu Hien},
journal = {European Journal of Management, Economics and Business},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
doi = {10.59324/ejmeb.2026.3(4).19},
url = {https://hal.science/hal-05761717v1},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Risk-Based Food Safety Management in a Changing Food System: International Approaches and Implications for Vietnam
AU - Nguyen Thi Thu Hien
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/24
JO - European Journal of Management, Economics and Business
DO - 10.59324/ejmeb.2026.3(4).19
UR - https://hal.science/hal-05761717v1
AB - This review examines risk-based food safety management as a framework for strengthening food control in a changing food system, with particular attention to Vietnam. The review synthesizes recent scientific literature and guidance from Codex Alimentarius, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the World Health Organization, focusing on risk assessment, risk management, risk communication, risk-based inspection, and monitoring. The evidence indicates that risk-based management does not replace preventive systems such as good hygiene practices, good manufacturing practices, hazard analysis and critical control point systems, traceability, or inspection; instead, it provides a framework for prioritizing these measures according to public- health risk and available resources. International practice increasingly emphasizes national data, transparent risk ranking, targeted inspection, and adaptive monitoring. In Vietnam, the Food Safety Law already requires food safety management to be based on risk analysis and defines risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication as its core components. However, recent Vietnamese literature indicates that implementation remains constrained by fragmented institutional arrangements, limited data, human-resource shortages, and complex food supply chains. Studies of fresh produce, seafood processing, and aflatoxin exposure demonstrate that risk- based approaches can be operationalized in Vietnamese conditions. Strengthening integrated surveillance data, microbial and chemical risk assessment, risk-ranking models, targeted inspection, and inter-sectoral coordination could therefore help Vietnam move from predominantly activity- based control toward a more preventive, evidence-based, and adaptive food safety system.
SN - 3041-2102
ER -