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

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Makhunga, Sizwe, Mashamba-Thompson, Tivani, Hlongwa, Mbuzeleni, Hlongwana, Khumbulani·2019·Systematic Reviews
DOI 10.1186/s13643-019-1164-8PMC PMC6813981
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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 text, Academic search complete, MEDLINE) search engines. Articles were also searched through the “Cited by” search as well as citations included in the reference lists of included articles. We included studies reported in all languages and published from inception to 2018. We included studies if they presented evidence of the CFAPs, namely food banks, food charitable organizations (FCOs), pantries, community soup kitchens, and emergency shelters. We presented the results of our search using thematic analysis in order to reveal the emerging themes. Results: Beyond inconsistencies with the classification of the CFAPs, our study found significant knowledge gaps in crucial areas, namely food vulnerability, food traceability, vulnerability of beneficiary populations, and lack of food control. Our search yielded a total of 23 articles, which we included in the analysis. Results show that while food is the critical commodity to saving lives, if not controlled properly, it can have an adverse effect, especially on people it is meant to benefit (the vulnerable). Conclusion: With no previous comprehensive review to assess what is known about food control in the CFAPs, we undertook a scoping review, focusing on mapping the key concepts, including the main sources and types of evidence available. By drawing conclusions about the overall state of research activity and identifying research gaps and priorities in the existing literature, this study provides a baseline assessment of the CFAP research published in peer-reviewed journals from inception to 2018.

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  • A scoping review by Makhunga et al. revealed that while there is a wealth of evidence on CFAPs from the perspectives of environmental and waste management, there is a paucity of information regarding the performance of CFAPs in matters of food safety and general hygiene.

    “The results of a scoping review conducted by Makhunga et al.31 revealed that, while there is a wealth of evidence on CFAPs from the perspectives of environmental and waste management, there is a paucity of information regarding the performance of CFAPs in matters of food safety and general hygiene.”

    From Food handling practices and sanitary conditions of charitable food assistance programs in eThekwini District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2024) · cites this paper as Makhunga et al.31

    The Conclusion (page not provided) reports a paucity of data on food control in CFAPs, including no African research articles on food safety and general hygiene. The copy does not establish the claimed wealth of evidence on CFAPs from environmental and waste-management perspectives; its References list includes work on those topics, but does not assess its abundance. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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Authors
Makhunga, S., Mashamba-Thompson, T., Hlongwa, M., & Hlongwana, K.
Affiliations
University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
Corresponding author
Makhunga, Sizwe
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Venue
Systematic Reviews
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2019-10-25
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
240-240
ISSN
2046-4053 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1186/s13643-019-1164-8
PMC
PMC6813981
OpenAlex
W2981867190
Cited by
12
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3
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0.02
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Language
en
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  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (acceptedVersion)
Funders
Inyuvesi Yakwazulu-Natali
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Safety and Hygiene
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Supply Chain Traceability
Keywords
food control, food safety, food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, food traceability, food vulnerability, food labeling, food quality
MeSH terms
Food, Humans, Public Health, Food Safety, Food Assistance

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