There is clearly a significant increase in awareness of the risks from food-borne diseases among consumers in western countries in the past decade. The concern about the quality and safety of food appears to be driven by increased affluence, new scientific discoveries, by more sophisticated measurements and analyses, by new information about linkages between diet and health, by new food technol...

In recent years, the increasing number of health conscious, informed, and more demanding consumers has led to an increase in demand for healthy, safe, and environmentally friendly food products. The food industry has responded to this increased demand by offering a wider range of quality-differentiated products (Fraz~o and Allshouse 1996), including organic foods, products with other nutritiona...

INTRODUCTION Food safety is a critical issue in school food program. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to assess the bacteriological quality and food safety practices of a municipal school food program (MSFP) in Jequitinhonha Valley, Brazil. MATERIALS AND METHODS A checklist based on good manufacturing practices (GMP) for food service was used to evaluate food safety practices. Samples fro...

This study investigated the food risk perceptions of people living in the Triveneto area (Northeast Italy), a territory characterized by a particular interest in the production of quality foodstuffs, to determine what aspects people associate with food risk and to understand what beliefs underlie these perceptions. Four focus groups were conducted in the major towns of the target area (N = 45)....

BACKGROUND Some caregivers who believe their children have food allergy avoid feeding certain foods to their children without proper allergy tests. Such actions made without a proper diagnosis can negatively impact the child's health and impose an unnecessary burden on the caregivers. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the caregiver quality of life (QoL) and growth in children with a pare...

INTRODUCTION Specific food allergy quality of life questionnaires have been developed within the context of the EuroPrevall project. We aimed to adapt and validate the Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire-Adult Form (FAQLQ-AF) in the Spanish language. METHODS The original English questionnaire was translated and culturally adapted into Spanish following World Health Organization guideli...

Why is it important to know the percentage of people with food allergy in the community? Individuals with food allergy develop symptoms after eating foods that for the vast majority of the population are part of a healthy diet. The only way for the allergic individual to manage food allergy is to avoid eating the food that causes the allergic reaction. The level of avoidance required may seriou...

Food safety has become an important food quality attribute within the last decade. In 2002, we conducted a consumer survey with 449 subjects in Kiel to determine actual consumer perceptions to food quality and safety. We compared these data with our former consumer surveys in Kiel. Over the past decade food quality is perceived to have improved. Regarding to food related health risks, the feeli...