Abstract
<p>A tool was developed to assess vulnerability to food fraud in plants that manufacture and process animal products for human consumption. It was decided to name the generated instrument EVUFA (Food Fraud Vulnerability Assessment). The questionnaire was submitted to a validation process by 15 professionals from the food industry, using a 3 variable Likert scale. To validate the EVUFA, content validity was performed using the modified Lawshe method, discarding 6 questions that did not exceed the minimum value. In addition, the measurement of reliability using the Cronbach’s alpha statistic was 0,93. A case study was carried out applying the EVUFA in 2 food processing plants, which obtained a score of 60,5 and 51, respectively. Consequently, they were rated with a moderate vulnerability to food fraud.</p>References
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Keywords
food safety
food contamination
vulnerability analysis