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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0379-3982</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Tecnología en Marcha]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Tecnología en Marcha]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0379-3982</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0379-39822021000300143</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18845/tm.v34i3.5122</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Food loss assessment in micro, small and medium-sized agroindustrial enterprises]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Evaluación de pérdida de alimentos en una micro, pequeña y mediana empresa agroindustrial]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Campos-Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rooel]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Brenes-Peralta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Garcia-Salas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Arlyn]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jiménez-Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Fernanda]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica Agribusiness School ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica Agribusiness School ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>34</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>143</fpage>
<lpage>155</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0379-39822021000300143&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0379-39822021000300143&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0379-39822021000300143&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This research emerges from a growing concern to face the problem owing to food loss (FL), with the purpose to evaluate processes in agro-industrial product elaboration, focusing on the determination of food loss critical points (FLCP) to promote their further reduction. The research was carried out in a Costa Rican MSME (micro, small and medium-sized enterprise), dedicated to the processing of tropical fruits. The FL assessment proposed methodology enabled the establishment of a food loss valorization team (FLVT) for a multidisciplinary approach throughout the study, as well as a flowchart construction for the selected process (soursop pulping) and the identification and quantification of losses. The assessment of the food loss points (FLP) was performed using a matrix and a criticality index based on severity and probability of occurrence; which led to the identification of the critical points. As a result, four FLCP were detected; regarding the raw materials input, the pulping operation and the transference of processed pulps into containers. The case study shows that the applied methodology allows to determine FLCP in an MSME such as the studied, as a first action to identify and reduce food loss, improve efficiency and consider further waste management strategies.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Esta investigación surge en un contexto de creciente preocupación por enfrentar la problemática de la pérdida de alimentos (PA), con el objetivo de evaluar los procesos de elaboración de productos agroindustriales centrándose en la determinación de puntos críticos de pérdida de alimentos (PCPA) para promover su reducción. La investigación se realizó en una MiPyme (micro, pequeña y mediana empresa) costarricense, dedicada al procesamiento de frutas tropicales. La metodología propuesta para la evaluación de PA permitió la conformación de un Equipo de Valorización de Pérdida de Alimentos (EVPA) para un enfoque multidisciplinario a lo largo del estudio, así como la construcción de un diagrama de flujo para el proceso seleccionado (pulpa de guanábana) y la identificación y cuantificación de las pérdidas. La evaluación de los puntos de pérdida de alimentos (PPA) se realizó utilizando una matriz y un índice de criticidad basados en la severidad y probabilidad de ocurrencia; lo que condujo a la identificación de los puntos críticos. Como resultado, se detectaron cuatro PCPA; relacionados con el ingreso de materias primas, la operación despulpado y la transferencia de las pulpas procesadas a los contenedores. El estudio de caso muestra que la metodología aplicada permite determinar los PCPA en una MiPyme como la estudiada; como una primer medida para identificar y reducir la pérdida de alimentos, mejorar la eficiencia y valorar nuevas estrategias de gestión de alimentos.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Agroindustria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[puntos críticos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[pérdida de alimentos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[residuos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Agro-industry]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[critical points]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[food loss]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[waste]]></kwd>
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