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Assessing wineries' performance in managing critical control points for arsenic, lead, and cadmium contamination risk in the wine-making industry: A survey-based analysis utilizing performance indicators as a results tool

Publicated to: Heliyon. 10 (1): e22962- - 2024-01-15 10(1), DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22962

Authors:

Lopez-Santiago, Jesus; Garcia, Ana Isabel Garcia; Villarino, Alejandro Gomez; Som, Amelia Md; Gomez-Villarino, Maria Teresa
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Affiliations

Independent Consultant - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Sch Agr Food & Biosyst Engn, Agroforestry Engn Dept, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ, Malaysian Inst Chem & Bioengn Technol UniKL MICET, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
Universiti Kuala Lumpur - Author
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Abstract

Human health hazards appear in wine production. Wineries have implemented food safety management systems to control food hazards through Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP). Wine-making industry applies HACCP by evaluating Critical Control Points (CCPs). One of the CCPs that exhibits inadequate control is the potential contamination risk of arsenic, cadmium, and lead throughout the winemaking procedure. Wineries performance level about controlling CCPs related to contamination risk by arsenic, cadmium and lead in the winemaking were analyzed. A sixteen-question questionnaire was made to achieve this research. Three indicators were calculated for training, legislation, and analysis performance components in CCPs control. Results revealed that wineries fault in analysis and legislation components. Identification and updating of legislation about As, Cd and Pb contamination risk is in starting performance level for wineries that produce less than 250,000 L/year wineries. Analysis performance level is even lower than legislation. Only one out of every three wineries possess information regarding the concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, and lead in the soils of vineyards where grapes are cultivated. Furthermore, the availability of data on their available concentrations in the soil solution is even more limited. Those wineries that controlled As, Cd and Pb concentrations make it according to official recommendations using techniques based on atomic absorption spectrometry. However, there is a lack of this spectrometry equipment in the wineries own laboratories.
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Keywords

barriersbeveragescritical control pointsfoodfood hazardshaccpimplementationBeveragesCritical control pointsFood hazardsFood safetyHaccpMedium-sized enterprises

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Heliyon due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 29/136, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Multidisciplinary Sciences.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-27:

  • WoS: 4
  • Scopus: 4
  • Europe PMC: 1
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Impact and social visibility

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/85826/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 157
  • Downloads: 101
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Malaysia.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (LOPEZ SANTIAGO, JESUS) and Last Author (Gomez-Villarino, Maria Teresa).

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