...Jean Kennedy; Sarah Gibney; Aisling Nolan; Stephen O'Brien; M. Ann S. McMahon; David McDowell; Seamus Fanning; Patrick G. Wall Purpose The International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene's (IFH) approach to infectious disease prevention is “targeted hygiene”, which means identifying the routes...

...Alex von Holy; Denise Lindsay; Christopher J. Griffith Purpose For nearly 150 years the study of food safety has been dominated by a microbiological approach, however, in many countries cases of foodborne disease are at record levels. The purpose of this paper is to review the history of food...

... Diseases conditions and injuries Marketing information Consumers in most industrialised countries have increasingly become concerned about health issues related to their food intake. This includes food safety issues such as the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) crises, salmonella infections...

... vertically infected (in which case they may be of lesser significance) or represent a further mode of disease transmission of BSE in the UK, in which case UK beef may remain undesirable to foreign markets. These calculations require the age at which BSE infection takes place in cattle to be known...

... human disease, or refer to such properties, and second, that it can mislead the consumer. The first aspect refers to the claims a food product may carry and specifically prohibits health claims – even if scientifically valid. It is argued that a claim on a food is a health claim if the consumer...

... of Creutzfeldt‐Jakob Disease (vCJD) in humans. Argues that the earlier research is flawed and there exists no data which can provide adequate predictions for the extent of the vCJD epidemic. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Diet Diseases Health Meat Since the announcement in March 1996...

... risk. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Indications that the incidence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy(BSE) is decreasing have appeared over the past year but information indicating that the disease is passed from the dam to the calf implies that its regression will take longer than was originally...

...C.J. Griffith; B. Mullan; P.E. Price Reviews the continued rise and cost implications of food‐borne disease. Discusses strategies for containing and reducing the problem. To date, in spite of considerable effort and attention, the legislative approach does not appear to be affecting the reported...

...‐organisms of bacterial, viral and protozoal origin have increasingly frequently been reported with evidence of food or waterborne spread. Foodborne disease has also taken on an international dimension, highlighted by outbreaks associated with imported foods (e.g. cheese, chocolate, pate, etc.) and tourist...

...R.W. Lacey Considers recent developments in bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)and their relation to Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD). Sheep scrapie is now known to be irrelevant to the cause of both BSE and CJD. The range of species of animals acquiring novel spongiform encephalopathies...

... within the population, to assess the number of people who would be expected to have eaten the minimum potentially infective dose or more. Discusses the possible effects on human health. © MCB UP Limited 1993 BSE Diseases Food industry Health Meat United Kingdom 22 BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL...

...Geoffrey Cannon Gives a description of the changes in food consumption patterns and the incidence of disease which has stimulated scientific investigations into the relationship between diet and development of chronic diseases. Explains the emergence of a consensus among scientists, coupled...

...Emer Shelley The morbidity and mortality from coronary heart disease in Ireland are among the highest in the world. The Kilkenny Health project was launched in March 1985 as a community research demonstration programme to prevent cardiovascular disease in the population of County Kilkenny...

... continues to rise. It is proposed that the infective agent of BSE is primarily a cattle pathogen, perhaps initially spread by contaminated feed, but in recent years propagated chiefly by maternal(vertical) transmission with variable manifestation of the clinical disease. If this is correct, the implications...

... quality, problems associated with moist food processing and changes in social habitats. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Consumers Diseases Farming Food industry Health and safety United Kingdom FOOD POISONING: THE RISE CONTINUES 25 Unsafe farming methods, problems in moist food processing...

... knowledge. Suggests a food health claim adjudication panel to oversee such claims. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Diet Diseases Food Health care Labelling Legislation United Kingdom HEALTH CLAIMS ON FOOD SUPPLEMENT LABELS 21 Whether a product is promoted as a food or a medicine can have important...

...Garry G. Duthie In 1988 over half of the deaths in the world were due to heart disease. The recognised risk factors for coronary heart disease are smoking, plasma cholesterol levels and hypertension. These factors,however, account only for some 50‐60 per cent of the variance in incidence...

... in the chain. Relevant scientific research being conducted at the AFRC Institute of Food Research is described. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Diseases Food Health Quality MICROBIOLOGICAL SAFETY THE ROLE OF THE INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH by B.E.B. Moseley AFRC Institute of Food Research, Shinfield...