FDST 100 Lecture 7: FDST7
8 Feb 2017
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Food safety- deals with ensuring that food products are safe for consumption. Food are free from biological, chemical and physical hazards. Food quality- deals with the attributes of food product. These include overall appearance, color, aroma, texture and flavor. The most important area of concern for responsible food companies. A major recall or outbreak can put a company out of business. Lack of effective food safety program leads to: product recalls, illness outbreaks, consumer complaints, regulatory investigations, legal consequences, poor reputation, loss of sales. Chemical: allergens, cleaning chemicals, drug residues (seafood) Peanut corporation of america (pca) peanut butter- salmonella. Requires that companies have the right programs and people in place to ensure product safety: must have commitment at every organizational level, ceo/company leaders to processing plant employees. The processing plant quality assurance manager is the day to day leader of food safety programs. Companies will invest in: programs, routine sampling and testing procedures, research.
