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Abstract
The aim of the article was to present the state of implementation of obligatory and non-obligatory food
health safety and food quality management systems in the food industry in Poland. The study included all
companies (by groups and classes of PKD) operating in Poland, and subject to oversight by the State Sanitary
Inspection and Veterinary Inspection. In the food production it is obligatory to implement and maintain GHP,
GMP and HACCP. Starting from the Polish accession to the European Union has been a significant increase
in the number of companies that have implemented and maintain obligatory quality management systems.
The study, however, shows that in 2012 the obligatory HACCP system was implemented and maintained only
by 63% of companies processing non-animal products and only by 50% of companies processing animal
by-products. Non-obligatory quality management systems were implemented by less than 5% of the total
number of food industry companies.