Food safety

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Food safety and chemicals
Systems and standards to ensure food quality and safety

Food safety and chemicals

Consumers can easily determine the taste, smell, appearance and consistency of food, but wholesomeness and safety are often difficult or impossible to judge. Spoilage, which can be a sign of unsafe food, may be noted, but even here appearances can be deceiving. The mere presence of certain chemicals in food, or their presence in excess can be hazardous to consumer health. Read more

Systems and standards to ensure food quality and safety

Food producers and processors rely on modern quality management systems to ensure the quality and safety of the products they produce. Simultaneously, the EU has formulated, enacted and enforced legislation based on a combination of standards to restore consumers’ belief in the safety of their food “from the farm to the fork”. Read more