Abstract The impact of organizational characteristics on food safety management systems is already intensively studied. Recently, scientific research goes beyond the managerial and technical aspects of the food safety management system, incorporating the impact of human behavior by exploring the food safety climate in food companies. In this study the food safety climate in the Belgian food processing industry was investigated and correlations between food safety climate and organizational (general and quality-related) characteristics of food processing companies were assessed. Additionally, the factorial validity of the applied food safety climate assessment tool was investigated, using exploratory factor analysis. Data were gathered through an online survey. Overall, the food safety climate was perceived to be on a good level for most of the 136 responding companies. Companies with multiple sites in Belgium appeared to perceive the food safety climate better than one-site companies. Food companies providing more than one training session per year appeared to perceive their food safety climate significantly better than companies providing less training (p

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从组织特征看比利时食品加工企业食品安全氛围的定量研究

摘要 组织特征对食品安全管理体系的影响已经得到深入研究。最近，科学研究超越了食品安全管理体系的管理和技术方面，通过探索食品公司的食品安全氛围，将人类行为的影响纳入其中。在这项研究中，对比利时食品加工业的食品安全氛围进行了调查，并评估了食品安全氛围与食品加工公司的组织（一般和质量相关）特征之间的相关性。此外，还使用探索性因素分析研究了所应用的食品安全气候评估工具的因子有效性。数据是通过在线调查收集的。全面的，对 136 家做出答复的公司中的大多数来说，食品安全气氛被认为处于良好水平。在比利时拥有多个站点的公司似乎比单一站点的公司更能感知食品安全环境。每年提供一次以上培训课程的食品公司似乎比提供较少培训的公司更好地感知他们的食品安全氛围（p