Food Safety and HACCP

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Course Outline

  1. Food Safety Meaning and Aims
  2. Food Crises and Consumer Confidence
  3. Food Hazard Categories
  4. Veterinary Roles in Food Safety
  5. Prerequisites and Control Measures
  6. HACCP Foundations and History
  7. HACCP Development Principles

Key Dates

  1. 1981Contaminated colza oil caused a food crisis in Spain.
  2. 1996Mad cow disease caused a food crisis in the United Kingdom.
  3. 1999Chicken dioxins caused a food crisis in Belgium.

1. Food Safety Meaning and Aims

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Food safety : FAO — Exists when people at all times have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs.

★ Must-know

  • Food safety implies: adequate food supply and availability, stable supply without seasonal fluctuations or shortages, access to food, good quality and food safety

  • The aims of food safety are:

    • the availability of healthy and safe food
    • consumer health and wellness
    • food crisis control

Further detail

  • In developed countries, food safety is strongly associated with hygiene and food safety controls.

2. Food Crises and Consumer Confidence

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1. Which condition best expresses the meaning of food safety?

2. Which situation demonstrates food availability rather than food access?

3. Which combination represents the main aims of food safety?

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What defines food safety according to the FAO?

People always have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food.

What does food safety imply about food supply and quality?

Adequate, stable supply without shortages, access, good quality, and safety.

With what is food safety strongly associated in developed countries?

Hygiene and food safety controls.

What are the aims of food safety?

Availability of healthy and safe food, consumer health, and food crisis control.

In which year did contaminated colza oil cause a food crisis in Spain?

1981

In which year did mad cow disease cause a food crisis in the United Kingdom?

1996

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