2. Food safety control
Analyses of public health problems and their association
to the food supply, have brought about the opinion
in many a government that our current food supply
is probably safer than ever before. Considering the
enormous volume of food that, on a global scale, is produced
and consumed safely, this apparent confidence
is warranted. Nevertheless, the statistics indicate that
even in industrialised countries one out of every three
people has a food-borne microbial illness event every
year (WHO, 2002). We recognise that food safety
is not an absolute. It is a continuum of more or less
safety.
At a governmental level, food safety control for public
health protection by necessity covers the range of different
food chains relevant to a certain food product or
product group, including all relevant producers, manufacturing
sites and food service establishments within
the country as well as those importing into the country.
FAO and WHO have called upon countries to apply
modern international food safety and quality standards
to protect consumer health. Appreciating the complexity
of the current food safety supply within and across
countries, both organisations advocated using Risk
Analysis as the single framework for building food
safety control programs. Partly through the activities
of Codex Alimentarius and ad hoc expert consultations,
FAO and WHO have developed a series of guidelines
and reports that detail out the various steps in Risk
Analysis, namely Risk Management, Risk Assessment
and Risk Communication.
2. Food safety controlAnalyses of public health problems and their associationto the food supply, have brought about the opinionin many a government that our current food supplyis probably safer than ever before. Considering theenormous volume of food that, on a global scale, is producedand consumed safely, this apparent confidenceis warranted. Nevertheless, the statistics indicate thateven in industrialised countries one out of every threepeople has a food-borne microbial illness event everyyear (WHO, 2002). We recognise that food safetyis not an absolute. It is a continuum of more or lesssafety.At a governmental level, food safety control for publichealth protection by necessity covers the range of differentfood chains relevant to a certain food product orproduct group, including all relevant producers, manufacturingsites and food service establishments withinthe country as well as those importing into the country.FAO and WHO have called upon countries to applymodern international food safety and quality standardsto protect consumer health. Appreciating the complexityof the current food safety supply within and acrosscountries, both organisations advocated using RiskAnalysis as the single framework for building foodsafety control programs. Partly through the activitiesof Codex Alimentarius and ad hoc expert consultations,FAO and WHO have developed a series of guidelinesand reports that detail out the various steps in RiskAnalysis, namely Risk Management, Risk Assessmentand Risk Communication.
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