Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- February 24, 2009
Mandatory food inspection procedures can improve nation's food safety (:47)
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Suggested Intro:
THE RECENT PEANUT-PRODUCT CONTAMINATION ISSUES HAVE CONSUMERS WONDERING WHAT CAN MAKE THE NATION'S FOOD SUPPLY SAFE. A SPECIALIST IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS THE SOLUTION IS ALREADY IN USE IN MANY INDUSTRIES. MORE FROM GARY ABDULLAH:
Story:
(:22) SOME INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS SAY THE SOLUTION FOR SAFE FOOD PRODUCTION ALREADY EXISTS IN THE FORM OF THE "HACCP" OR HAZARD ANALYSIS CRITICAL CONTROL POINT PROGRAM. HACCP HELPS TO FIND THE WEAK LINKS IN ANY FOOD PRODUCTION PROCESS, AND PENN STATE FOOD SAFETY SPECIALIST MARTIN BUCKNAVAGE SAYS IT'S ALREADY MANDATORY IN THE SEAFOOD AND JUICE INDUSTRIES:
Bucknavage Actuality:
(:16) "I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE MANDATORY HAACP THROUGHOUT THE FOOD INDUSTRY -- ANYBODY THAT PROCESSES OR HANDLES FOODS. HAVING A MANDATORY SYSTEM IN PLACE AND HAVING A REGULAR AUDIT SYSTEM WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE PLANT TO MANAGE THEIR FOOD SAFETY RISKS AND FOR INSPECTORS TO GO IN AND OVERSEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING."(:11) BUCKNAVAGE POINTS OUT THAT MANY OF THE PEANUT-PRODUCT RECALLS WERE PRECAUTIONARY MOVES BY EXTRA-CAREFUL FOOD COMPANIES --A SIGN THAT AMERICA'S FOOD SUPPLY IS STILL ONE OF THE WORLD'S SAFEST. FROM PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.
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