... the intention to consume organic foods. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a quantitative research method. It uses scales adapted from previous research to assess the health and safety of organic food's functional, hedonic, and social values. Data were collected using the purposive sampling method...

... have the knowledge and the skill to provide safe food. Behaviour Fast food restaurants Training Health and safety Food safety Attitude surveys Foodborne pathogens Foodborne illness Consumer’s risk Food handlers Cross-contamination The questionnaire was developed based on a reliable...

... Health and safety Food products The first identification of the highly‐pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza happened in Hong Kong in 1997, spreading rapidly to South Korea, through Asia into Europe and various states in Africa. The first four human cases of infection with the H5N1 virus...

... Audit data matrix Quality control Food safety Responsibilities Health and safety Food safety worldwide remains a major public health concern (FAO/WHO, 2002), receives considerable media attention (Pines, 1999), influences political policy and is at the forefront of public awareness...

... UP Limited 2003 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Communicable diseases Meat Health and safety Government policy Successive estimates of the size of the outbreak of variant Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease (vCJD) have been made since 1996 by the members of the present team, under...

... of information on such health related topics are explored. The implications and opportunities for stakeholders including government and industry are considered. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Meat Marketing strategy Food processing industry Publicity Media Health and safety H2. Consumer...

... was superseded by a second “framework” directive (89/109/EEC) in 1989. The main difference in this new directive is the provision for the adoption of Commission Directives for specific classes of materials. The list of these materials is: © MCB UP Limited 2000 European Union Food Health and Safety...

.... Under this scenario the new countermeasures would have saved four lives at most. © MCB UP Limited 1999 BSE Health and Safety Meat The announcement on 20 March 1996 by the Secretary of State for Health of a possible link between bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and a new...

... MCB UP Limited 1993 Food additives Food industry Health and safety Recommendations Regulations Specifications United Kingdom ...

... 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...

... understood. Managers in larger chain‐owned hotels had the greatest levels of knowledge and understanding and had made the most progress towards being able to show“due diligence”. Makes recommendations for improved communication of food safety information. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Food Health...

.... D.M.W. Anderson is Reader in Chemistry at Edinburgh University, UK. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Food industry Health and safety Regulations European Union ...

.... Innovations are being introduced in training, food safety and quality assurance policies, prompting increased awareness both company‐wide and amongst senior management. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Food industry Health and safety Quality assurance On‐the‐job training Organizational change...

... protection; regulation making powers and defences. This streamlined legislation will offer, it is argued, greater flexibility and wider powers. © MCB UP Limited 1991 European Union Food industry Health and safety Legislation 4 BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL 93,8 R estoring public confidence...

... Food Health and safety Manufacturing systems Standards 14 BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL 93,8 S maller manufacturers must work hard to keep up with expert knowledge and observe new laws and standards on imported ingredients. The Food Safety Act: Implications for the Smaller Manufacturer Ingredients...

.... The legislation is seen to be part of developing emphasis on new quality management systems, own‐label products and advances in food retailing. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Food industry Health and safety Legislation 24 BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL 93,5 M any food businesses will have to take positive action...

... but, for some, carrying out the new statutory duties may be at the expense of other statutory duties. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Food industry Health and safety Local government Regulations THE FOOD SAFETY ACT: A QUESTION OF RESOURCES 3 T he implications of the Act for Trading Standards Officers...

... of the industry: farmers, retailers and caterers. Many secondary controls will follow legislation which will be designed to increase public protection from food‐borne illness. © MCB UP Limited 1991 European Union Food industry Health and safety Legislation 1991: A WATERSHED YEAR FOR UK FOOD...

... proposals which have aroused most interest – the statutory defences, administration and enforcement. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Central government Consumer protection Food industry Health and safety Legislation Regulations 4 BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL 92,1 S afety and consumer protection are now...

... Principal Inspector of Factories BFJ 91,7 1989 16 First, what is the " f o o d " industry as seen from a health and safety viewpoint? The many and varied sectors of the industry share the common aim of making a product for human and animal consumption. In manufacturing there are about half-a-million...