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Abstract Food safety risk management (FSRM) is a system recognized as a worldwide guideline for controlling food borne safety hazards. Nevertheless, the availability of a diagnostic instrument to assess the performance and effectiveness of the FSRM is rather restricted; therefore, the food sector needs an instrument to measure the effectiveness of FSMS. The aim of this study is to measure the effectiveness of (FSRM) in selected hotels in Luxor and Aswan in order to identify current issues and future trends in the hotel industry. Two hundred fifty questionnaires were distributed to the heads of department and supervisors in three star hotels in Luxor and Aswan, two hundred thirty were fully completed and returned, and twelve-document inspection were done by the researcher,the questionnaires elicited information on the concept of FSRM and barriers hindering implementation the FSRM and factors that motivate three star hotels to implement of FSRMS. The study revealed that the respo ndents are aware of the concept of FSRM only just 9.5% of the respondents are aware of food safety risk management concept, the study indicated that the main barriers for the implementation of FSRM in three star hotels in Luxor and Aswan enough include the lack of a high skill team, lack of training and qualification of manpower, resignation of some workers, give priority to profit compared to the healthy side by management, implementation of the program may require a costly devices, very complex and expensive system needs a long time to implement. The study also showed that the main goals and motives for the implementation the FSRMS are lack of fines and compensation, lack of customer complaints, not to withdraw licenses temporarily from the hotel, affect the hotel’s reputation, improving employee performance, reduce the V cost of production in the hotel, increase market share, it is a competitive advantage for hotel and boost the morale of employees Key words: food safety, food risk assessment, risk management, food risk communication, market share |