CRITICAL FACTORS AND ENABLERS OF FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY COMPLIANCE RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE VIETNAMESE SEAFOOD SUPPLY CHAIN
CRITICAL FACTORS AND ENABLERS OF FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY COMPLIANCE RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE VIETNAMESE SEAFOOD SUPPLY CHAIN Thi Huong Tran School of Economics and Management, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam ABSTRACT Recently, along with the emergence of food scandals, food supply chains have to face with ever-increasing pressure from compliance with food quality and safety regulations and standards. This paper aims to explore critical factors of compliance risk in food supply chain with an illustrated case in Vietnamese seafood industry. To this end, this study takes advantage of both primary and secondary data sources through a comprehensive literature research of industrial and scientific papers, combined with expert interview. Findings showed that there are three main critical factor groups influencing on compliance risk including challenges originating from Vietnamese food supply chain itself, characteristics of reg...