Nutrition and Health Claims
In a regulatory context, a claim is defined as any message or representation that is not mandatory under community or national law, including any form of pictorial, graphic or symbolic …
Course: Introduction to Food Science
Welcome to Week 2!
Hello and welcome to week 2. This week we will be exploring ethical and sustainability considerations related to the food system. Eating is undeniably an ethical act, as are all …
Mafias and criminality in food production
Criminality or food terrorism can occur in the food chain. It involves the deliberate and intentional acts of contamination or tampering of the nation’s food supply. Example: Sicily’s Anti-Mafia Farms …
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point principles are an important tool to produce or distribute safe feed and food products. What is HACCP? HACCP is a science based system that enables …
Quality Assurance Standards
Delivering safe, high quality food requires process and procedural controls throughout the food chain and mechanisms to verify such controls are effective. Quality Assurance Quality assurance is the term used …
Food Fraud Initiatives
In 2013, Professor Christopher Elliott from Queens University, Belfast conducted a review into the integrity of food supply networks. The subsequent ‘Elliott Report’ outlined the need for the industry to …
Future Packaging to Reduce Food Waste
Food packaging plays an important role in the food supply chain as thus in the generation of food waste. At the first stages of the food chain, packaging is supposed …
Controls and Legislation
In the previous article we outlined some of the microbiological, chemical, physical and allergenic contaminants which can impact the safety of our food. One of the key priorities of the …