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ift submits product tracing recommendations to fda
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the institute of food technologists (ift) has made recommendations to the fda about how industry could better track ingredients, after a food product tracing exercise and study of the supply chain. ift was contracted by the food and drug administration (fda) to create a mock trace forward/trace back system focusing on produce, to examine the accessibility of information to public health and regulatory officials, and to consider the cost implications of product tracing. the project was prompted by the 2008 salmonella outbreak that was initially linked to tomatoes before the fda found that it had originated in mexican jalapeno and serrano peppers. by that point, the tomato industry had lost an estimated $100m. “best practices in product tracing would improve the speed and efficiency of response following a food safety triggering event, shorten duration of food borne outbreaks, and contribute to the maintenance of consumer confidence,” ift said. losing trust consumer confidence has been shaken as the list of food ingredients that have become tainted with various pathogens has lengthened. a recent survey conducted by ibm found that 60 percent of people are actively concerned about the safety of the food they purchase. fewer than one in five said they trusted food companies to develop and sell healthy products, and only 55 percent said they trusted manufacturers when dealing with the recall of a tainted food. global standardization ift recommended that the tracing system should become more standardized and should apply to all segments of the food supply chain. it also concluded that there is a need for clear food industry objectives, and that existing tracing systems should be used as a basis for meeting those objectives. “the product tracing system should be simple, user friendly, and globally accepted,” the organization said. given the prevalence of paper, ift said it did not feel comfortable recommending that electronic tracking should be mandatory. instead, it recommended that certain critical tracking events should be captured in an electronic format, in order to allow a search of that data. at the moment, paperwork, including electronic paperwork, often lacks some of the information necessary to track products, it said. “improving fda’s ability to trace a contaminated product back to the source of production would allow the agency to conduct more rapid, accurate investigations. current laws limit the types of information that are required to be kept by food companies, and limit the ways in which fda can access these records.”
Source :foodqualitynews.com
Date :
12
March
2010
Category :
restaurants and Food industrie
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a public consultation to change or eliminate regulations on food labelling, including the methods of processing and packaging used by manufacturers, has been launched in the us by the three federal agencies responsible for regulating the standards. the proposed changesare in response to recent technological advances in the food industry and would also bring the usstandards into harmony with international standards, the agencies said in issuing an 85-pagedocument outlining the consultation process.
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at a time when so many resources are being pumped into improving consumer health through food, it is pitifully ironic that more and more people are getting sick or dying from what they eat because of safety slips. a new report published last week by the us centers for disease control and prevention reveals a 50 percent increase in e coli infections since 2004, and a monstrous 78 percent increase in vibrio infections - caused by eating raw shellfish - over the past decade.
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the us food and drug administration (fda) says it is unable to set a safe level of melamine contamination in infant formulas after issuing a wider ruling on the chemical’s presence in food products containing milk. as part of a scientific safety and risk assessment of the chemical, which has been linked to kidney problems in thousands of chinese children, the regulator used both available data and scientific assumptions to ascertain a level where the chemical is a long-term health hazard.
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more transparency in the supply chain is required to satisfy consumer curiosity about organic food and maintain demand, say researchers, who claim shoppers are calling for more information about quality, origins and authenticity, writes lindsey partos. consumers are moving away from 'faceless' foods, claims a team of uk researchers, advising retailers to make a better effort to provide stronger sourcing and supply information about the organic food products.
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