Model of Critical Success Factors (CSFs) Influencing Food Inspection Management in UAE

Muslims abide by strict dietary regulations that specify that the foods must be Halal for the consumption by Muslims. Previous research has shown that there is no definite or appropriate model of Critical Success Factors (CSFs) related to halal food inspection. The success of a project is largely dependent on critical factors, which primarily track the project's development from the ground up (Ahsen et al. 2021). As a result, this study employed a quantitative approach to formulate a structural model of success factors that halal food authorities can use to optimise their inspection model, with a focus on training and development. The factors that affect/influence halal food inspection management, particularly when dealing with packaged food and halal certificates were identified through literature work. Questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data that was used in the formulation of the model. The Critical Success Factors (CSFs) model, which was created,  tested and validated using SEM-AMOS software. The model has seven constructs (independent variables) and one dependent variable of the management of halal food inspection, thus having seven hypotheses. It was discovered that five out of seven of the hypotheses are were supported. These findings aid in the discovery of new information to several parties like managers, employees with progressively less experience, and local and foreign halal food inspectors, as well as curriculum and infrastructure beliefs, and how these effects affect opportunities and motivation. The study contributes significantly to UAE and global research community

Success Factors Influencing Food Inspection Management In UAE

Third-party halal certifications are frequently used as the main distribution channels for stunned meat in the UAE and other Muslim societies. Food inspectors are not taught how to interact with these outside parties, which is the main cause of this. This sheds light on the reason why the halal food inspectors were unable to thoroughly check packaged food and certifications. Hence, this paper presents a study on determine the success factors influencing halal food inspection management in UAE. The study identified 48 factors and clustered it into seven groups namely top management commitment; adequate support; halal training and education; employee attributes and management ; policy and procedure ; halal personnel empowerment ; customer focus. These factors were used in the questionnaire development and respondents were request to gauge the influence of these factors based on Likert scale. The data collected from this questionnaire survey was was analysed and found that A total of all of the variables, of which 15 have mean values of 2.68 or higher which are considered as highly influencing factors. In term of the group performance, it was found that the highest group of factors affecting the halal inspection management is halal training and education, followed by top management commitment then by customer focus then by halal personnel empowerment then by adequate support then by policy and procedure and finally by employee attributes and management