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Foodborne disease: emerging problems and solutions
Author(s) -
Desmarchelier Patricia M
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb138682.x
Subject(s) - risk analysis (engineering) , food processing , disease , business , food safety , production (economics) , population , environmental health , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , medicine , economics , biology , food science , pathology , macroeconomics
Foodborne disease is increasing in industrialised countries for complex reasons, including changes in the aetiological agents, the population at risk and food production and processing. It is unlikely ever to be eliminated, but the risk can be minimised. A preventive, rather than reactive, approach to ensuring food safety from “paddock to plate” is proposed for Australia, bringing it in line with many of its trading partners. (MJA 1996; 165: 668‐671)