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2920 MarJan 2010
FSAISciDev.net [edited][FSNet]
TheWHO's FoodJørgen SafetySchlundt Authoritywrites ofthat food Irelandsafety (FSAI)as publishedwell aas comprehensivenutrition guideneeds to foodbe focused lawon to assistfeed artisanthe andhungry small— foodbut producersthere whoare havemany startedbarriers orto aresafe planningeating.
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Micronutrient 2008,deficiencies onalso have severe health impacts — vitamin A deficiency is the numberleading cause of enquiriesblindness in children, affecting up to thehalf a million children each year. Iodine deficiency causes brain damage and FSAI’siron advicedeficiency lineis askingresponsible for informationanaemia onin howtwo tobillion setpeople upworldwide.
Safety aand newnutrition links
But there is another aspect of food business. Toquality that is operateequally legallyimportant the— safety.
Nutrition and food businesssafety operatorare mustinextricably ensure:linked, thatparticularly in places theirwhere food businesssupplies isare insecure. When food becomes scarce, hygiene, safety and nutrition are often ignored as people shift to less nutritious diets and consume more 'unsafe foods' — in which chemical, microbiological, zoonotic and registered,other hazards pose a health risk.
Unsafe food, whether arising from poor quality supplies or approved;inadequate thattreatment theyand preparation, increases the risk of foodborne infections such as diarrhea. These infections have a foodmuch safetyhigher managementimpact systemon populations of poor nutritional status, where diarrhoea can easily lead to serious illness and death.
Indeed, poor nutrition and foodborne disease often join hands in place;a thatvicious cycle theirof businessworsening hashealth. anFor effectiveexample, traceabilitypoor system;nutritional thatstatus staffweakens handlingresistance foodagainst havediarrhoea, receivedwhich, foodin turn, leads to the uptake of fewer nutrients and poorer nutritional status.
Food safety training;must be systematically integrated into policies and thatinterventions theyto complyimprove withnutrition foodand law.food availability.
The guidefirst step is for all providescountries to conciseadopt and clearadhere to detailsinternational standards on thesefood legalsafety, requirements.such Itas alsothose includesdeveloped simplifiedby summariesthe onWHO foodand legislation. UKFood scientistsand deviseAgriculture worldwideOrganization foodthrough alertthe system04Codex MarAlimentarius 2010Commission.
ScienceDailyEfficient [edited][FSNet]Countriesfood producingsafety foodinterventions containingoften harmfulrequire bacteriacoordinated andaction toxinsthroughout couldthe befood namedsafety andchain. shamedFor moreexample, if chickens are infected quicklywith Salmonella usingat a worldwidefarm, how alertthey systemare devisedthen bytreated aat teamthe ofslaughterhouse, in scientiststhe fromshop or Kingstonmarket Universityand in Souththe kitchen Westall London.determine Thethe teamnumber of wasbacteria quotedthat byreach sayingconsumers, and so the easynumber toof people getting sick (or dying).
Likewise, useif computerthe level of a toolhazardous chemical can be usedfollowed toin the monitordifferent contaminatedstages products;of food production we will helpingalso learn where to preventintroduce themthe reachingmost shopefficient shelvesprevention measures.
Importantly, international standards are non-negotiable and ensuringshould thatapply equally to populations — an acceptable level of food contamination is safenot tohigher eat.for starving people than for others.
ThousandsThere ofshould not alertsbe one aboutframework contaminatedfor food arethat producedis eachexported year,and particularlyanother byfor food consumed locally as has previously been the case even in some developed countries,countries. butBy the same token, there isshould nonot singlebe internationalone systemframework for monitoringpopulations foodwith safety.sufficient Thisnutrition promptedand theanother leadingfor hungry professorones.
Coherent and hisholistic colleaguesnational tofood developsafety asystems programwould tonot analyseonly alertsimprove andhealth producein acountries globalwith pictureinsecure offood thesupplies countries— thatthey tradewould andalso detecthelp contaminateddevelopment and boost food trade. A national system that can belive deadlyup orto causeinternational healthstandards problemswill fromensure foodthat poisoninglocal toproducts can be longexported termto degenerativeother diseases.markets.
China,There Iran,are Turkey,many theobstacles Unitedto Statesbuilding andefficient Spainfood safety weresystems, not least the toplack fiveof offenderspolitical whenawareness. itFood camesafety toas producinga contaminatedlocal food,health accordingand todevelopment anproblem analysisis ofstill datararely fromacknowledged 2003-2008.by Overdecision themakers samein five-yearmany period,developing Italy,countries, Germany,and theis often given little priority by major donors.
Recent food UK,safety Spainscandals and thea growing knowledge Netherlandsbase wereare slowly making a change. When the countriesBSE that(bovine spongiform encephalopathy) reportedscandal hit Europe in the largest1990s, numberit led to a major overhaul of contaminatedthe productssystem. fromLikewise, othernew countries.data on antimicrobial Toxinsresistance has led to the discontinuation of antimicrobial growth promoters in pistachiosome nutscountries.
It fromis Iran,also foodclear recalledthat byone major supermarketobstacle chainsto andimproving importedfood productssafety stoppedsystems, byparticularly borderin agenciesdeveloping werecountries, amongis the alertslack of includeddata inon the analysis.burden of foodborne diseases both globally and within nations. Such data are critical to establishing evidence-based national and international food safety policies.
2920 MarJan 2010
FSAISciDev.net [edited][FSNet]
TheWHO's FoodJørgen SafetySchlundt Authoritywrites ofthat food Irelandsafety (FSAI)as publishedwell aas comprehensivenutrition guideneeds to foodbe focused lawon to assistfeed artisanthe andhungry small— foodbut producersthere whoare havemany startedbarriers orto aresafe planningeating.
The toconcept startof anutrition newsecurity — ensuring access to food business.that Theis publicationnutritious ofas thewell as sufficient — is increasingly being Guideused to Foodstress the importance of the Lawquality of food for Artisan/Smallpeople Foodof Producersall Startingages.
Poor anutrition Newweakens Businessimmune issystems timelyand givencontributes thatto half the FSAIdeaths hasassociated witnessedwith ainfectious markeddisease increaseamong inchildren aged interestunder five in startingdeveloping acountries. newUndernutrition foodin businessthe fromearly membersyears of thelife can public.also Inimpair 2009,long-term therecognitive wasdevelopment aand 50%productivity increaseat onwork.
Micronutrient 2008,deficiencies onalso have severe health impacts — vitamin A deficiency is the numberleading cause of enquiriesblindness in children, affecting up to thehalf a million children each year. Iodine deficiency causes brain damage and FSAI’siron advicedeficiency lineis askingresponsible for informationanaemia onin howtwo tobillion setpeople upworldwide.
Safety aand newnutrition links
But there is another aspect of food business. Toquality that is operateequally legallyimportant the— safety.
Nutrition and food businesssafety operatorare mustinextricably ensure:linked, thatparticularly in places theirwhere food businesssupplies isare insecure. When food becomes scarce, hygiene, safety and nutrition are often ignored as people shift to less nutritious diets and consume more 'unsafe foods' — in which chemical, microbiological, zoonotic and registered,other hazards pose a health risk.
Unsafe food, whether arising from poor quality supplies or approved;inadequate thattreatment theyand preparation, increases the risk of foodborne infections such as diarrhea. These infections have a foodmuch safetyhigher managementimpact systemon populations of poor nutritional status, where diarrhoea can easily lead to serious illness and death.
Indeed, poor nutrition and foodborne disease often join hands in place;a thatvicious cycle theirof businessworsening hashealth. anFor effectiveexample, traceabilitypoor system;nutritional thatstatus staffweakens handlingresistance foodagainst havediarrhoea, receivedwhich, foodin turn, leads to the uptake of fewer nutrients and poorer nutritional status.
Food safety training;must be systematically integrated into policies and thatinterventions theyto complyimprove withnutrition foodand law.food availability.
The guidefirst step is for all providescountries to conciseadopt and clearadhere to detailsinternational standards on thesefood legalsafety, requirements.such Itas alsothose includesdeveloped simplifiedby summariesthe onWHO foodand legislation. UKFood scientistsand deviseAgriculture worldwideOrganization foodthrough alertthe system04Codex MarAlimentarius 2010Commission.
ScienceDailyEfficient [edited][FSNet]Countriesfood producingsafety foodinterventions containingoften harmfulrequire bacteriacoordinated andaction toxinsthroughout couldthe befood namedsafety andchain. shamedFor moreexample, if chickens are infected quicklywith Salmonella usingat a worldwidefarm, how alertthey systemare devisedthen bytreated aat teamthe ofslaughterhouse, in scientiststhe fromshop or Kingstonmarket Universityand in Souththe kitchen Westall London.determine Thethe teamnumber of wasbacteria quotedthat byreach sayingconsumers, and so the easynumber toof people getting sick (or dying).
Likewise, useif computerthe level of a toolhazardous chemical can be usedfollowed toin the monitordifferent contaminatedstages products;of food production we will helpingalso learn where to preventintroduce themthe reachingmost shopefficient shelvesprevention measures.
Importantly, international standards are non-negotiable and ensuringshould thatapply equally to populations — an acceptable level of food contamination is safenot tohigher eat.for starving people than for others.
ThousandsThere ofshould not alertsbe one aboutframework contaminatedfor food arethat producedis eachexported year,and particularlyanother byfor food consumed locally as has previously been the case even in some developed countries,countries. butBy the same token, there isshould nonot singlebe internationalone systemframework for monitoringpopulations foodwith safety.sufficient Thisnutrition promptedand theanother leadingfor hungry professorones.
Coherent and hisholistic colleaguesnational tofood developsafety asystems programwould tonot analyseonly alertsimprove andhealth producein acountries globalwith pictureinsecure offood thesupplies countries— thatthey tradewould andalso detecthelp contaminateddevelopment and boost food trade. A national system that can belive deadlyup orto causeinternational healthstandards problemswill fromensure foodthat poisoninglocal toproducts can be longexported termto degenerativeother diseases.markets.
China,There Iran,are Turkey,many theobstacles Unitedto Statesbuilding andefficient Spainfood safety weresystems, not least the toplack fiveof offenderspolitical whenawareness. itFood camesafety toas producinga contaminatedlocal food,health accordingand todevelopment anproblem analysisis ofstill datararely fromacknowledged 2003-2008.by Overdecision themakers samein five-yearmany period,developing Italy,countries, Germany,and theis often given little priority by major donors.
Recent food UK,safety Spainscandals and thea growing knowledge Netherlandsbase wereare slowly making a change. When the countriesBSE that(bovine spongiform encephalopathy) reportedscandal hit Europe in the largest1990s, numberit led to a major overhaul of contaminatedthe productssystem. fromLikewise, othernew countries.data on antimicrobial Toxinsresistance has led to the discontinuation of antimicrobial growth promoters in pistachiosome nutscountries.
It fromis Iran,also foodclear recalledthat byone major supermarketobstacle chainsto andimproving importedfood productssafety stoppedsystems, byparticularly borderin agenciesdeveloping werecountries, amongis the alertslack of includeddata inon the analysis.burden of foodborne diseases both globally and within nations. Such data are critical to establishing evidence-based national and international food safety policies.
