To guarantee consumer trust, a corresponding concept is required for food safety compliance. Businesses use self-regulation while also undergoing monitoring by food inspection authorities. What this includes is described below:

1. Responsibility lies with the companies.


2. Traceability of all products must always be guaranteed.


3. Monitoring of compliance with food legislation is carried out by food inspection authorities.


4. Authorities work according to the precautionary principle.

Frontmatec is a world leader in developing customised automation solutions. We develop concepts for both small and large companies in the food industry, ensuring that the high standards of hygiene required in this sector can be met at all times.

Food safety is the responsibility of the business

Every food producer and retailer such as bakers or butchers have a responsibility to comply with the legal requirements for all food produced and sold. Only safe food is permitted to be sold.

Unsafe food must be removed from the market in good time by the manufacturer or supplier. In the event of a customer suffering damage due to unhygienic food, the manufacturer and/or supplier are liable to criminal or civil prosecution.

Traceability of all products

For butchers and bakers, as well as all other food producers, traceability of all goods must be guaranteed. Where have the raw materials and ingredients been sourced?

Providing traceability is obvious: potential contamination can be detected much more quickly. Labelling (lot number or date) on packaging is therefore vital. Food sourced from animals also carry an identifying mark for traceability. It shows the final processing or packaging company.

Food monitoring to comply with food legislation

In Germany, compliance with food law in butchers and bakeries as well as all other food producers is monitored by the food inspection authorities of the federal states. They take samples from production and sales sites.

Those subjected to greater risk from contamination, such as butchers, are inspected more frequently. Any deficiencies found in a specific business must be remedied. Such businesses are then inspected more frequently by the authorities.

Precautionary principle for better food safety

The precautionary principle means that measures are taken upfront to ensure food safety and minimise any risks. Measures must always be appropriate and regularly reviewed as new data becomes available.

Scientific risk assessment and the separation between risk assessment and risk management

Risk assessments in Germany are carried out by the state investigation offices and the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR). These examine and evaluate the hazards that can come from food (germs, dioxins, bacteria). In the assessment, different scientists from different disciplines work closely together to deliver reliable outcomes.

A clear separation exists between scientific risk assessment and risk management by policy-makers and authorities. Based on impartial scientific opinion, risk managers from the federal states and federal government discuss the appropriate measures to be taken. Costs, measures as well as hazards are all taken into account.

Frontmatec provides professional hygiene systems for butchers and bakeries

Our aim is to provide you, the owners of butchers, bakeries and other food processing businesses, with the equipment you need. This equipment is tailored to your business requirements and ensures optimum hygienic conditions at the workplace. You can achieve better food safety with professional automation processes from Frontmatec.

We not only offer hygiene systems, but also complete solutions for the food industry. This includes equipment to clean and sterilise hands, soles, knives, aprons and much more. Contact us now for detailed information and advice. All our products for the food industry are highly efficient and easy to use.