Expired Date Food Safety Management Model for Buddhist Temples
Keywords:
Safety management, Expired date food, Buddhist templesAbstract
The food management system of the remaining instant food within temple was necessary to the health and safety. This research and development aimed to establish the instant food management model which identify the expired date in the Buddhist temples. The research method were using the situation analysis, model construction, and confirm by in-depth interview and Delphi technique. The key informants were from 3 focus group discussions, including 23 people who involved in managing the food in temple. The in-depth interview of 9 monks who had responsibility of the food management in 3 group of temples, which classified by the size of worship. Delphi technique was performed in 20 experts who had the direct experience. The statistical analysis were median, inter-quartile range and the content analysis. The research finding were;
1) There were the expired food in almost every type of food within temple. The expired duration was between 45 to 2,155 days.
2) The food safety management model were integrated in 5 subordinate models, which are managing by monks, managing by temple central, knowledge engagement in monks and the food offering people, and determining the public policy.
3) The subordinate model of managing by monks and managing by temple central had 5 steps as follows; food separation, prioritizing the separated food, inspecting the expired food, distributing the nearly expired food and terminated the expired food.
4) The subordinated model of the knowledge engagement in monks and the food offering people has 2 parts which are; the knowledge content part and the pattern of the knowledge transfer.
5) The subordinated model of determining the public policy will be performed by announcement the food safety management policy for temple. Assignment of the guideline to obtain the suitable person who has responsibility of following the given policy and define the rule and regulation for every temples to practice in the standard relevant to the food safety management manual in temple.
The result can be used as the guideline for the expired date food safety management for Buddhist temples by cooperated with the government and private sector and the religious affairs. This will more completely enhance of the safety and other achievement in Buddhism.
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