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We are challenged to find strategies to improve consumer handling, and the meat industry can’t rely on the consumer to always effectively provide the final safety check.  

Diagnostic assays for on-farm use have different constraints compared with those used in traditional laboratory environment  

Washing cannot always make leafy greens safe, so the concept of homogeneity in all microbial testing is critical for the ability of samples to represent the lot.  

Consumer perception of the safety of some of these high-intensity sweetners can in turn bring its own challenges  

Summary: Canada’s historic meat recall provides lessons on the importance of a food safety culture for all those along the food supply chain.

The produce industry came together to reduce the audit burden that it had enabled by accepting and supporting a wide variety of food safety audit standards.  

There is work to do to help the public understand livestock production and the practices associated with it.  

Consumer awareness of all the issues, both pro and con regarding genetically modified organisms and their applications is often lacking.          

Various segments of the beef processing industry now test for the Top Six EHEC using test kits or services from a number of companies or commercial laboratories.

Continuous research and education are important components of Chiquita’s overall food safety program.