Saturday, June 28, 2014

Reasons For Adhering To Food Safety Consulting

By Elsa English


The society of today face challenges from numerous lifestyle ailments which have resulted from consuming of farm produces which have gone through numerous inorganic processing. As a result of this, concerns have been raised for setting up of measures to see to food safety consulting on farmers so as to grow natural farm products.

Advancement in technologies has contributed to modern agriculture. This in return has increased the pathogens in human beings and they are drug resistant. The general public together with medical community has joined hands to eradicate the threat posed. WHO director general make a remarkable words attack on these pathogens. Through the food chain, this drug resistant bacteria is passed to consumers.

It is very true that the safe standards on food today have never been previously attained. Consequently the risks awareness contained in food that is unsafe creates chance of various risks unlike before. The recognitions have been boosted majorly thanks to the mass media. Pathogens, hormones plus the antimicrobial and remains from chemicals are what pose the risks.

The creation of safety measures such as selling products that have been produced naturally without hormones and antibiotics has created new consumer demand. This has on the other hand led to a greater extent of distrust in farm products that do not have the label showing high quality or safety. Internationally there has been erection of trade barriers restricting farm products that do not meet the standards of the importing country.

Naturally raised and fresh products are opted for by consumers and happen to be on high demand. This has led to use of more unprocessed products. As a result, the use of products that have gone processing procedures before reaching the market has been low. The fresher the produce the safer are the consumers from contaminants and pathogens which come about because of consumption of raw materials.

The compulsory inspection remains indispensable although it has been futile in controlling and preventing developing pathogens which are food borne posing health threat to humans. Taking a look at meat as an example, years back ailments such as TB and brucellosis caused clinical ailments that were observable at farm stages and lesion recognizable during the inspection of meat. The pathogens of today like the toxoplasma are detectable through monitoring systems owing to their failure of lack of clinical symptoms.

Quality control checks have been placed where necessary in order to allocate quality categories on products before introducing them to markets. Due to lack of methods of correcting or upgrading final outputs, the products with high quality will be expensive while the lower products will sell cheaply. The cost on production of every quality being even, it turns to be wise to set on ways of minimizing losses.

To conclude, it is important to make consultations of the food safety so as to ensure that the health of these consumers in not at risk. This will help to optimize on profits through selling of more natural produces. For more knowledge one can join agricultural institutions or join seminars.




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