Unicef and baby food manufacturers

UNICEF UK BABY FRIENDLY INITIATIVE: Health benefits of breastfeeding

Pesticides in baby food.

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A survey of food safety training in small food manufacturers.

A survey of food safety training was conducted in small food manufacturing firms in South Wales. Structured interviews with managers were used to collect information on the extent and level of food hygiene and HACCP training and the manager's perceptions of and attitude towards training. All the businesses surveyed had undertaken some hygiene training. Hygiene induction programmes were often un...

Nutritional Quality of Commercial Fruit Baby Food

Commercial fruit baby food is a preserved fruit product usually made with fruit purees, sugar, water and variable additives (thickening agents, antioxidants, etc.). As the foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses, baby foods for infants and young children conforms to a set of strict guidelines e.g. maximum levels for pesticide residues, microbiological contamination, addition of addi...

Baby food as special dietary foods.

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