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National and transboundary food safety emergencies

Conference Room Document proposed by the USA

Year of publication 2002

Author Nutrition Division

Product type Meeting

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Any food may be exposed to contamination during production, harvesting, processing, packaging, transportation, preparation, storage, and service. Processing or preparation conditions may lead to survival of pathogens or toxins, and time-temperature abuse can allow proliferation of pathogenic bacteria and molds. Rapid detection of outbreaks and identification of the implicated food source protects the public health. Removal of contaminated foods from distribution limits the number of cases a nd stops the outbreak. Identification of critical control points in the food process enables prevention of future outbreaks.

Meeting symbol GF CRD USA-8

Language English

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