Management of food safety
2007
V. Raghavan
Food safety is making international headlines, and it is at risk in Asia and the Pacific (FAO 24/5/04). Consumers today have become increasingly concerned about food safety due to the various food scares that have been created such as the BSE and dioxin scares. They have come to expect meat, eggs, milk and other products that are nutritious to be consistent and free from contaminants such as foreign bodies, additives, pathogens and the way the animals are reared during their lifetime. The slogan of "Safe Feed towards Safe Food" was introduced in 1998 and the concept has entered all aspects of food production. Of growing concern today in food safety are areas of biosecurity, good husbandry and feeding practices and HACCP programmes. These areas have become increasingly complex indeed and they have become businesses in their own right. Today, the area for food production has moved into the sectors concerning the animal consumers and the environment, and the time has now come to reimagine the feed and food industry in view of various challenges that are posed by the industry. The paper will discuss these new challenges such as the role of the breeders to produce a healthy flock, the role of feedmillers, consumer awareness in food safety, animal welfare, bio-terrorism and agro-terrorism in the food sector, the role of politics in various types of foods, and whether we can develop our food sector into a halal hub. It will also highlight in brief, measures taken to ensure food safety in our country and how we have to manage food safety to stay in business by adopting new technologies.
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