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Improving Food Safety Through Inspector Certification

More than just taste is at stake

ISO
Tue, 10/23/2012 - 11:37
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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year one in six people becomes sick, more than 127,000 are hospitalized, and about 3,000 die of foodborne illness. The annual economic cost in the United States alone is about $77 billion.

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Adding to the risk, the food supply chain has become highly globalized. As this has occurred, the number and severity of food safety incidents have risen. Protecting the supply chain and reducing the incidents of foodborne illness are therefore priorities for governments and industry worldwide.

Setting benchmarks

Common, measurable food safety standards not only safeguard public health, but also bring economic benefits. For example, to export food into the European Union, a company must comply with all standards required by the European Food Safety Authority. Those who do not have the capacity to meet basic safety standards significantly limit their ability to export food or ingredients, while putting the health of citizens in their own countries at risk.

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Submitted by umberto mario tunesi on Fri, 11/02/2012 - 00:51

ISO Inspectors

There's a basic flaw in ISO inspection systems or processes or procedures, and that is that ISO only care for documents, paperwork, records, "in any form or type of medium". It's no news that third party inspectors certify organic food producers based only on paperwork that's submitted to them: inspectors can be anosmic but they are rarely blind, they are all too aware that no field bordering a motorway can grow organic vegetables, but their ISO certification requires them to focus on paperwork. Thank you, ISO. 

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