| Title: | FOOD SAFETY TESTING: U.S. MARKET INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS |
| Price: | $360.00 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 15, 2007 |
| Source: | BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS |
| Brief Excerpt: | ...The global food safety testing market has become interdependent, with suppliers operating across international boundaries. On one hand, countries are instituting better surveillance systems; therefore, increased numbers of food-borne illnesses are being reported. On the other, however, prob lems still exist, especially in developing countries without the infrastructure necessary to handle food and water safety. The issue of bioterrorism and its threat to food security is also one of rising concern worldwide. As a result, risk assessment is coming to the forefront in the decisions that countries must make regarding food safe ty. Ewen C.D. Todd, director of the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center at Michigan State University (### Food Safety, East Lansing, MI #####-####; Te l: ###/###-####), predicts that more countries will create scientific risk-based policy rather than being led by cultural and political debate. A relatively new conc ept to the food industry,... |
| Length: | 9 Pages |
| Geographic Regions: | NORTH AMERICA, UNITED STATES |
| Industry: | FOOD PROCESSING |
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