Evidence on food control in charitable food assistance programs: a systematic scoping review.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Food control is defined as a mandatory regulatory activity of enforcement aimed at ensuring that all foods during production, handling, storage, processing, and distribution are safe, wholesome, and fit for human consumption; conform to safety and quality requirements; and are honestly and accurately labeled as prescribed by law. This applies to food served by the conventional food supply chain as well as the charitable food assistance programs (CFAPs). This review sought to map the available evidence on the food control in the CFAPs globally. METHODS:In order to identify the literature, we developed a series of search terms, as well as parameters for including articles to review the literature using African Index Medicus, PubMed, Google Scholar, and EBSCOhost (MEDLINE with full

SUBMITTER: Makhunga S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6813981 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature