Rajiv N Rimal is an associate professor in the department of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. His work seeks to understand how individuals, across a variety of countries and cultures, process risk information, and how societal norms affect human behaviour.

Abstract

Third-party audits and third-party micro sampling can provide a snapshot view of what is going on in an operation. Observations of actions and document review might be an indicator as to whether the organization has the system to manage risks; sampling (of equipment, product or inputs) also might provide some insights into whether systems are working.

That is basically what Dr. Jay Wenther, executive director of the American Association of Meat Processors (AAMP), asked for at the latest Conference for Food Protection (CFP). The CFP has no authority. But it is an organization with clout that consists of state and local agencies involved in food safety, food industry leaders, consumer organizations, academia, etc.

ABSTRACT

Brisbane aspires to be a world-class city but still suffers from its redneck past.

Cases of cryptosporidium are almost four times higher than last year across parts of the U.K., with 267 sick, prompting an investigation by the Health Protection Agency. A possible source of infection has not been identified although the distribution of cases suggests it is unlikely that public water supplies are implicated.

First a single inspection agency, now a move to a single inspection approach across all commodities.

Some 83 tourists were hospitalized Wednesday due to an outbreak of food poisoning in the seaside city of Bodrum, about 790 km south of Turkey's Istanbul. A provincial health director said that the tourists had been diagnosed with nausea and heavy stomach aches.