Milk-and-Dairy-Products-in-Human-Nutrition-FAO
Milk-and-Dairy-Products-in-Human-Nutrition-FAO
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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,