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food chain vulnerable to malicious activity, expert
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despite initiatives such as the rapid alert system for food & feed (rasff), the eu food chain is still vulnerable to malicious activity for the sake of profit or terrorist type activity, according to a leading food safety expert. speaking at the 2011 institute of food technologists (ift) binstead lecture in london, shortly before the current e.coli crisis broke, tony hines mbe from leatherhead food research (lfr) said that the rasff yielded a useful database regarding eu food safety issues. the rasff provides environmental health officers, regulatory managers and enforcement authorities with a weekly digest that enabled them to identify transgressors within or without the union, and to ‘horizon scan’ where and when problems are likely to occur, as well as assess comparative data on eu border inspections. spanish oil scandal hines welcomed such systems, but said the little-known toxic spanish cooking oil scandal from 1981, when 1,000 people lost their lives and thousands were seriously injured, was a “very good example of just how big an issue we can create with food, and shows just how vulnerable the food chain is”. the sudan 1 crisis – in which the carcinogenic food dye was used illegally to colour chillies and paprika and boost their value – began in 2003, gaining momentum in 2005. however, hines said most people in the food industry “had their heads buried in the sand and hoped the issue would go away” , although he said that when he wrote the first product recall notice out in 2003 that he knew sudan i contamination would be a massive problem. the most recent dioxin scandal concerned tainted industrial fatty oils in german feed, and hines said he watched news broadcasts where the german authorities insisted that the incident was under control and that they knew where the dioxins went in the food chain. hines was sceptical: “i remember sitting at home thinking, ‘this is gonna be another big one.’” meanwhile, here in uk we confused consumers, hines added. “the fsa said ‘it’s not an issue’, but certain retailers took products off shelves. so who do consumers believe? widespread fear of food fraud prompted such actions, said hines, with the chinese melamine-tainted infant formula scandal still a recent memory. regarding this he said: “ did the authorities know about it before or after the olympics, and why didn’t we predict it was going to happen?” food safety hydra? hines added: “ sadly our educated food technologist knew that by using melamine as a contaminant they could increase protein levels. so when the milk went to the dairy we couldn’t detect it had been watered down. 10 gallons of water and a bucket of melamine means the same apparent protein content.” he said the most worrying thing was the potential for melamine poisoning to recur in china. “ did they solve the problem, or were there some astute businessmen out there who were removing fresh milk products from sale, putting them in deep freezes the size of a football pitch with a view to reintroducing them back onto the market a couple of years later? the answer quite simply is ‘yes’. “back during the sudan 1 crisis i said, 'if you’ve got contaminated chilli powder, hire a digger and bury it'. because if you simply return the product to source, it will go back through the food supply chain, sit on shelf, then come back to you a year later.”
Source :foodqualitynews.com
Date :
7
June
2011
Category :
Food And Health
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at the end of nearly every training session, matt whitmore downs a pint of milk straight from the bottle. \"i do it pretty religiously,\" said whitmore, 25, a gym trainer in london.
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minneapolis—laboratory testing conducted by the minnesota department of agriculture (mda) and the minnesota department of health (mdh) this week provided additional evidence that the hartmann dairy farm, of gibbon, minn., was the source of a strain of e. coli o157:h7 bacteria that sickened at least five minnesotans after they consumed raw, unpasteurized milk or other dairy products from the farm. mdh reported four cases of illness last week, and a fifth case has subsequently been confirmed in a young child who was not hospitalized.
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organic foods have started taking root (no pun intended) in the minds of more and more consumers each year as people strive to live healthier lives.not only do they taste a lot better (without the help of chemicals and flavour enhancers), but they also provide far more nutrients and benefits than their often irradiated and chemically fertilized counterparts. admittedly, organic foods are often more expensive, but the benefits of consuming them are well worth the expense.
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wyatt technology’s instruments have been chosen by two french universities to try and identify lactococcus lactis, a bacterium widely used by the dairy industry to eliminate bacteriophage infections in production. bacteriophages are intracellular parasites that multiply inside bacteria, infecting them and causing failures of the milk fermentation process. bateriophage infections several industrial strains are sensitive to powerful bacteriophages, which can infect lactococcus lactis, delay lactic acid production and potentially stop the milk fermentation process: “as a result, the product\'s desired properties are altered or entirely lost,” said wyatt.
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it`s not enough that former monsanto executive michael taylor is the food czar in obama`s administration. monsanto recently purchased xe intelligence services. xe is the new name for blackwater, the largest private mercenary military outfit in the world. within that same time frame, bill gates purchased 23 million dollars (us) of monsanto stocks.let`s take a look at each of the four horsemen.michael taylorhe was monsanto`s chief attorney and lobbyist.
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the new facility – which is the first to be opened in kilinochchi in 30 years and will add to the company’s 106 other chilling facilities in the country – was officially opened by honourable chamal rajapaksa, speaker of the parliament and honourable anura p. yapa, minister of environment. nestlé plans to invest in eight more before the end of this year. antonio helio waszyk, chairman of nestlé lanka and head of the south asia region, attended the official opening with david saudan, managing director for nestlé lanka, and alois hofbauer, managing director designate for nestlé lanka.
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china has lowered minimum protein levels in raw milk in the country’s latest effort to stamp out the use of melamine in the dairy industry. following the revelation last week that more melamine tainted dairy materials had been seized by chinese authorities, the country has gone on the offensive again to try and prevent any repeat of 2008 when contaminated products left 6 people dead and made hundreds of thousands ill.
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china’s fledgling and buoyant dairy industry was brought to its knees after last year’s melamine scandal but, slowly, there are signs growth is returning to the sector. beijing has ordered china’s dairies to tighten up their supply chains and the country’s top processors are highlighting those moves to convince consumers their milk is safe. mark godfrey reports from beijing. the marketing gloves are back off in china’s dairy industry.
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Coca.Cola
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PEPSI
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Mcdonald
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Nestle
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Mars
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Baskin & Robins
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Nutrika
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Mumika
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Chika
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fonterra said today it is advising international customers of the potential need to identify the 