The quality and safety of food products in the modern world is the main component of sustainable development of food industry enterprises. The enterprises have implemented a system of preventive measures that prevents the occurrence of risks, assesses them, controls hazards in raw materials, technological processes and finished products, which significantly reduces the risks of threats to human life and health. An overall risk assessment enables decision makers and relevant parties to better understand the risks that may affect the achievement of objectives and the adequacy and effectiveness of the controls in place. This provides a basis for making decisions about the most appropriate approach to handling the risks that may arise in the manufacture of food products. Risk analysis involves consideration of the cause and sources of risk, their consequences and the likelihood of these consequences. The paper considers the methodology of «what if?» risk assessment in the production of cottage cheese. The advantages and disadvantages of this method, the process of identifying, assessing and preventing risks are presented.
