Monitoring and evaluation of food allergen labeling regulation: a selection and ranking model for compliance indicators and respective metrics

• Published in: Journal of physics. Conference series Vol. 1044; no. 1; pp. 12048 - 12054
• Main Authors: Criollo, L F R, Almeida, M F L, Calili, R F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.06.2018
• Subjects: Allergens; Compliance; Decision making; Evaluation; Food; Indicators; Labeling; Monitoring; Multiple criterion; Physics; Ranking; Regulation; Regulations; Brazil
• ISSN: 1742-6588; 1742-6596
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1044/1/012048

The aim of this article is to propose a selection and ranking model for compliance indicators and metrics concerning food allergen labeling regulations, after their implementation at national or regional levels. Within the institutional contexts in which the research is situated, it is assumed that this effort will provide the regulatory agencies as well as other actors involved in the implementation of food allergen labeling regulations, the proper tools for monitoring and evaluating their degree of compliance. During the applied phase, an empirical study on the food allergen labeling regulation in Brazil was developed, for validating the proposed model on a national basis. A logical framework for defining an initial list of indicators was combined with two multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods aiming at the selection and final ranking of indicators and metrics by category of legal requirements. The main results are a selection and ranking model for indicators and metrics for measuring the degree of compliance of a given food allergen labeling regulation, after its implementation; and a consistent set of indicators and metrics for monitoring and evaluating the food allergen labeling regulation in Brazil, ranked by each category of legal requirements.