Ensuring food safety requires national effort

Ensuring Food Quality and Safety - NTR2008 Supplement

Food losses caused by pests, contamination and spoilage are enormous. It is estimated1 that 42% of the production of the eight major food and cash crops of the world are lost to pests, with post harvest losses adding a further 10%. Despite the use of modern food processing and distribution systems, food borne diseases still pose a widespread threat to human health as well as being an important ...

The national food safety initiative.

For many years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local health departments have investigated and controlled outbreaks of foodborne diseases and conducted limited passive surveillance for specific foodborne pathogens. However, recent changes in the food supply and in the consuming public have changed the type and range of infections caused by food and have made t...

Total Diet Studies as a Tool for Ensuring Food Safety

With the diversification and internationalization of the food industry and the increased focus on health from a majority of consumers, food safety policies are being implemented based on scientific evidence. Risk analysis represents the most useful scientific approach for making food safety decisions. Total diet study (TDS) is often used as a risk assessment tool to evaluate exposure to hazardo...

Food Safety Evaluation - National and International Perspectives

The maintenance of good health demands that food should not only be nutritious but also safe and of good quality. There has been growing concern regarding environmental contamination of food and excessive use of chemicals in food production and processing in the country in recent times. The growth of the food processing industry in India has consequently been very rapid, about 24 per cent in 19...

Ensuring Reliable Safety Standards