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Integrated Risk Reduction along the Food Chain
Author(s) -
MUMFORD ELIZABETH L.,
KIHM ULRICH
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1373.016
Subject(s) - business , food safety , bovine spongiform encephalopathy , food chain , risk analysis (engineering) , control (management) , environmental health , reduction (mathematics) , medicine , computer science , disease , geometry , mathematics , prion protein , paleontology , pathology , artificial intelligence , biology
Animal health is the crucial first part of the food chain and must be considered when developing the controls or preventative measures for an endemic or emerging zoonotic food‐borne diseases. Increasing the number of complementary control measures at various points along the food processing chain results in overall risk reduction and improved safety of products for the domestic markets and trade. In addition, a risk assessment must be made and surveillance implemented. Measures require sufficient infrastructure within veterinary services, and must be controlled and re‐evaluated periodically. The system must be communicated to stakeholders in order to improve compliance as well as confidence from domestic consumers, trading partners, and the international community. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and avian influenza (AI) can be used as examples for implementation of these control concepts.