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Taking into account toxicity levels at normal consumption levels, intake per kg bodyweight and other acknowledged considerations, this book intends to provide specific examples and potential improvements to the safety of the world's food supply, while also increasing the amount of food available to those in undernourished countries.
List of contents
Preface; Ensuring Global Food Safety - A Public Health Priority and a Global Responsibility; Development of Food Legislation around the World; The Global Harmonization Initiative; A simplified guide to understanding and using Food Safety Objectives and Performance Objectives; Global harmonization of analytical methods; Water determination in food; Testing for Food Safety Using Competent Human Liver Cells; Capacity Building-Harmonization and Achieving Food Safety; Global food safety analysis capacity building: building capacity for Microbial Food Safety; Global harmonization of the control of microbiological risks; Towards Intended Normal Use (Part I): A European Appraisal of the Chloramphenicol Case and some Thoughts on the Potential of Global Harmonisation of Antibiotics Regulation; Mycotoxin Management: An International Challenge; Monosodium-Glutamate in Foods and its Biological Effects; Food Packaging Legislation: Sanitary Aspects; Nanotechnology and Food Safety; Novel food processing technologies and regulatory hurdles; Nutrition and bioavailabilty: sense and nonsense of nutrition labelling; New RDA's and Intended Normal Use (Part II)-Efficient Toos in the Universal Management of Risks and Benefits of Micronutrients; Nutraceuticals-possible future ingredients and food safety aspects; Harmonization of International Standards; The First Legislation for Foods with Health Claims in Korea; Bioactivity, safety and benefits of traditional and ethnic foods; Processing issues: acrylamide, furans and trans fatty acids; Managing low level chemical contaminants in foods
Report
"This book is a must-read for policy-makers especially within the Ministries of Trade, Food and Agriculture, and related agencies. It is a good technical material for the Food and Drugs, and the Ghana Standards Authorities, Universities, Research Institutions and Students of food science, international relations, development economics, agribusiness, and associated disciplines."
--Ghana Business News, September 4, 2013
".the book provides a thorough examination of food safety legislation around the world.This book is a must-read for policy makers, especially within the ministries of Trade, Food and Agriculture, and related agencies."
--Daily Graphic, August 23, 2013
"This book should be a useful reference for those attempting to harmonize food safety regulations. It should also serve as a stimulus for the growing network of food safety professionals who are involved in emerging efforts to create or restructure national and international food safety organizations, thereby facilitating the harmonization of global food safety procedures and regulations."
--Food Technology
"Based on the principles of the Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI), Ensuring Global Food Safety offers a rational and multi-faceted approach to current food safety issues, while arguing that a science-based global regulatory framework will enhance the safety, availability and quality of the food supply worldwide. GHI was specifically established to help build global consensus on the scientific evidence underpinning food safety policy- making. This book provides practical examples in key areas such as microbiology, toxicology and nutrition, as well as discusses possible improvements necessary to sustain the integrity of the global food supply in the 21st century."
--Global Harmonization Newsletter, January/February 2012
