The QRA as Design Criteria for Safety Management Systems. An Application to the Food Safety

• Main Authors: M. Shirani, M. Demichela
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. 2014-04-01
• Series: Chemical Engineering Transactions
• Online Access: https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/5943

The paper shows how the hazard identification and evaluation phase of a Safety Management System (SMS) is the design criteria for the whole SMS, with its procedures. In particular, the selection of risk analysis methods and their results, in terms of frequency of occurrence and consequences magnitude, set up the sizing criteria for the whole SMS. The safety in a process plant relies, among other things, on the adopted managing criteria. They affect all the plant life cycle: from plant design and construction, during the production activity, until its possible dismissing. This clearly applies also to the food process plants. The links between quantitative risk analysis steps and results and SMS procedure are discussed with reference to the food SMS, according to ISO 22000 standard. In conclusion, it is shown how a correct and careful risk analysis is necessary to design and implement a SMS able to pursue the policy’s objectives allowing an effective revision of the policy itself.