Food Safety Culture

Show me the data: it’s not good enough to say something is safe, prove it

Posted: February 14th, 2010 - 9:21am

Public availability of food safety testing data underpins efforts to convince a skeptical public that a product is microbiologically safe. Yes, testing has limitations, just like restaurant inspections, but the goal should be to figure out how best to make that information available – rather than saying people can’t have it or handle it.

Date Published:

13.feb.10

Source Title:

barfblog

Categories: E. coli, Food Safety Culture | Comments
Trends in technology, trade and consumption likely to impact on microbial food safety

Posted: February 11th, 2010 - 3:11pm

Abstract

Date Published:

10.feb.10

Source Title:

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Categories: Food Safety Culture | Comments
Codex Alimentarius – Food Hygiene (basic texts), 4th Edition

Posted: February 5th, 2010 - 6:02pm

ABSTRACT

Date Published:

04.feb.10

Source Title:

World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Categories: Food Safety Culture | Comments
Ecophysiology of food-borne pathogens: Essential knowledge to improve food safety

Posted: February 4th, 2010 - 10:06pm

Abstract

Date Published:

03.feb.10

Source Title:

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Categories: Food Safety Culture | Comments
Food tube: Coverage of food safety issues through video

Posted: February 1st, 2010 - 9:41am

A couple of ag journalism types from Nebraska and Ohio State have the right idea -- although I’m not sure it’s completely executed -- in a new paper examining the role of YouTube videos in food safety.

Date Published:

31.jan.10

Source Title:

barfblog

Categories: Food Safety Culture | Comments
UK: Good hygiene is good for business

Posted: January 26th, 2010 - 7:04am

The Food Standards Agency is launching a UK-wide campaign today, to raise awareness among food businesses about the Agency tools available to help businesses comply with food hygiene law.

Date Published:

25.jan.10

Source Title:

Food Standards Agency

Categories: Food Safety Culture | Comments
Food-borne diseases – the challenges of 20 years ago still persist while new ones continue to emerge

Posted: January 24th, 2010 - 7:17pm

Abstract

Date Published:

22.jan.10

Source Title:

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Categories: Food Safety Culture | Comments
Food safety is critical to nutrition security

Posted: January 22nd, 2010 - 7:40am

We must focus on food safety as well as nutrition to feed the hungry — but there are many barriers to safe eating, writes the WHO's Jørgen Schlundt.

Date Published:

20.jan.10

Source Title:

SciDev.net

Categories: Food Safety Culture | Comments
Communicating alone is never enough: risk assessment, management and communication have to be integrated to manage anything

Posted: January 19th, 2010 - 12:50pm

In the food-related risks category, Maple Leaf-listeria, Odwalla-E. coli O157:H7 and Natural Selections-spinach have all been held up as communication role models. They all sucked. And a lot of people got sick and died.

Date Published:

18.jan.10

Source Title:

barfblog

Categories: Food Safety Culture | Comments
If American beef is the safest in the world, then put a label on it at retail and food service

Posted: January 17th, 2010 - 4:52pm

If the American beef industry is as proud of its safety record as a couple of spokesthingies write in the N.Y. Times today, then take that safety record directly to consumers at retail, instead of bland and empty statements about the safest food in the world.

Date Published:

17.jan.10

Source Title:

barfblog

Categories: E. coli, Food Safety Culture | Comments

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