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Chapter 6 – Safety <strong>and</strong> quality 255<br />

Table 6.4<br />

Physical hazards orig<strong>in</strong> <strong>and</strong> control measures<br />

Hazard material Orig<strong>in</strong>/source Control measures<br />

Glass fragments<br />

Wood spl<strong>in</strong>ters<br />

Bottle, jars, light fixtures, utensils<br />

Fields, pallets, boxes<br />

Mach<strong>in</strong>ery, wire, staples, p<strong>in</strong>s<br />

Exam<strong>in</strong>ation of <strong>in</strong>com<strong>in</strong>g materials<br />

Effective pest control measures<br />

Ma<strong>in</strong>tenance of hygienic<br />

environment<br />

Metal fragments,<br />

screws & rivets<br />

Mach<strong>in</strong>e fil<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

Insects or <strong>in</strong>sect<br />

fragments<br />

Insulation/pa<strong>in</strong>t<br />

Dirt, dust or hair<br />

Plastic material<br />

fragments<br />

Personal effects<br />

(jewellery, buttons, nail<br />

fragments, nail varnish,<br />

dress<strong>in</strong>gs)<br />

Fields, plant, pest-control process<br />

Build<strong>in</strong>g, storage area<br />

Unclean storage, environment,<br />

storm<br />

Ingredient bags, aprons, gloves,<br />

equipment, fitt<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

Incorrect storage, pockets<br />

Control of small loose items such as<br />

screws, draw<strong>in</strong>g p<strong>in</strong>s etc.<br />

Ma<strong>in</strong>tenance procedures designed<br />

to avoid contam<strong>in</strong>ation<br />

Protected light fitt<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong> all<br />

food-h<strong>and</strong>l<strong>in</strong>g areas<br />

Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> good personal hygiene<br />

practices<br />

Ma<strong>in</strong>tenance/replacement of filters/<br />

sifters<br />

Provision of on-l<strong>in</strong>e metal detectors<br />

<strong>and</strong> x-ray detector<br />

Decant<strong>in</strong>g from packag<strong>in</strong>g materials<br />

away from food-h<strong>and</strong>l<strong>in</strong>g areas<br />

No jewellery policy<br />

No smok<strong>in</strong>g policy<br />

No glass policy<br />

likely to be greater if the company is produc<strong>in</strong>g a sensitive product, such as <strong>in</strong>fant<br />

formula <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>fant foods that conta<strong>in</strong> milk. These manufacturers have some of the<br />

best programmes <strong>in</strong> the world for ensur<strong>in</strong>g that foods produced are free of foreign<br />

material, especially glass, <strong>and</strong> are scrupulously clean <strong>and</strong> processed to exact<strong>in</strong>g<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ards of safety.<br />

6.3 Health impact of outbreaks of food-borne illness<br />

attributed to milk <strong>and</strong> dairy products<br />

While there is evidence that milk can conta<strong>in</strong> pathogens <strong>and</strong> chemical substances<br />

that may cause illness, with many documented outbreaks implicat<strong>in</strong>g milk <strong>and</strong><br />

dairy products, there is very little <strong>in</strong>formation on the actual health burden <strong>and</strong> costs<br />

attributable to unsafe milk <strong>and</strong> dairy products.<br />

Fewer data <strong>and</strong> statistics are available from develop<strong>in</strong>g countries than from developed<br />

countries. This lack of data limits our ability to identify which food pathogens<br />

or chemical substances present the greatest risk to consumer health; actual risk will<br />

vary depend<strong>in</strong>g on production <strong>and</strong> process<strong>in</strong>g environments <strong>and</strong> controls. National<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternational efforts are ongo<strong>in</strong>g to improve data collection through enhanced<br />

surveillance <strong>and</strong> report<strong>in</strong>g systems, more effective <strong>in</strong>vestigation of outbreaks implicat<strong>in</strong>g<br />

milk <strong>and</strong> milk products <strong>and</strong> enhanced <strong>in</strong>formation exchange on the safety of<br />

milk <strong>and</strong> milk products traded at national, regional <strong>and</strong> global levels.<br />

A recent study <strong>in</strong> the United States listed Listeria <strong>in</strong> dairy products as the fifth<br />

most costly pathogen–food comb<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>in</strong> terms of cost of illness <strong>and</strong> loss of<br />

quality-adjusted life years, after Campylobacter <strong>in</strong> poultry, Toxoplasma <strong>in</strong> pork,

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