Discommunication on Food Safety

Food for thought ... On food safety testing.

More than any other consumer product range, food represents an emotional issue with a strong cultural dimension. In a eurobarometer survey of 2002, 89% of the europeans interviewed considered food safety to be very important; interestingly 80% considered animal welfare to be very important in the same survey. Food also has an enormous economic impact on society, with the european food and drink...

Reports on Food Safety Projects

Economic Issues on Food Safety

A globalised food trade, with a huge increase of the exchanged volume, extensive production and complex supply chains are contributing towards an increased number of microbiological food safety outbreaks. All of these factors are putting pressure on the stakeholders, either public or private, in terms of rule and control. In fact, this scenario could force manufacturers to be lenient towards fo...

Food Safety Practices in COVID-19 Pandemic

This article has no abstract. DOI: 10.18502/jfqhc.7.3.4142

Food saFety

escherichia coli o157:H7 is a foodborne pathogenic bacterium that resides in the intestinal tract of cattle and has been associated with a variety of foodstuffs including raw beef products (arthur et al. 2013, 2010, 2009; ebel et al. 2004; Macdonald et al. 2000; Vogt and dippold 2005; Wachtel et al. 2003). While most E. coli are harmless to humans, a handful of E. coli types can cause disease. ...