Check out the December 2010/2011 edition of Food Safety Magazine, featuring risk assessment, organic coffee, food safety for food handlers, food safety in produce, cost-effective sanitation plans and much more!
As government agencies and the food industry adopt risk management approaches, the increased transparency of the process produces a number of communication challenges.
The causes of produce-related outbreaks, including field-level contamination or contaminated inputs such as water, do not discriminate between small or large producers.
Despite the importance of sanitation within the food processing environment, foodborne illness outbreaks continue to be linked to products produced under unsanitary conditions.