Handbook of Hygiene Control in the Food Industry

± protection of food,foodpackagingmaterial,and foodcontactsurfaces from adulteration with potentially hazardous chemical, physic ...

∑ correctthoseconditionsand practicesthat are not in conformance;and ∑ maintain recordsthat document the monitoringand correctio ...

± be authenticated by the initialsof the responsibleemployee for imple- mentationand monitoring of the procedures specified in t ...

highimportanceas it shouldbe. Developingand implementing SOPsrequires a majortimecommitmentto be effective. Withoutadequate enco ...

and model SOPsare available for a varietyof applications.However, these are not necessarily universallyapplicable.An easywayout ...

∑ Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures(SSOPs). Michigan Depart- ment of Agriculture,October 1998. (http://www.michigan.gov/d ...

US Dept.of Healthand HumanServ.,Foodand DrugAdmin.,Centerfor Food Safetyand Appl.Nutr.,Proceduresfor the Safetyand SanitaryProc ...

23.1 Introduction Food allergy has been long recognised as a clinical phenomenon, with numerous reports in the 20th century medi ...

resources, and product formulation. Managing allergen risks requires an integratedapproach,whichtakesinto account all thesefacto ...

doseof a material and the responseit produces. In conventionaltoxicology,this is usuallyachievedby experimentsin suitableanimals ...

23.3 Managementof foodallergyrisks 23.3.1 Managementof foodallergens:the aims The firstaim of foodallergen managementmust clearl ...

of allergicreactions.At a minimum, any allergenrequired by localregulations willbe declared. However, beyondthat,the allergenic ...

ensure that appropriateallergeninformation is retainedand available to the ultimate consumer. ∑ Food professionals: most allergi ...

23.4 Roleof allergendetectionand otherconsiderations 23.4.1 Whydo we needdetectionmethods? Methodsfor the detectionof allergenic ...

contact, or establishing whether a product contains moreallergenicmaterial than a set limit. The key considerationwithrespectto ...

are likely to be required to demonstrate directlythe presenceof the offending allergen,ratherthana markermaterial. Thereversetra ...

question whethertherecan be a single idealassay'equallysuitable for all purposes. Theidealassay'conceptwill therefore be examine ...

shortcomingsin this regard,as discussed earlier.However, theycould havea rolein evaluating the effectsof processing,for instance ...

usedin foods, suchas colourscould obviously also interfere withthe per- formance of assaysbasedon colorimetric end-points,depend ...

and mustard in the European Union.Thislegislationcan be anticipated to drive foodmanufacturersto use test kits muchmoreextensive ...