To stay ahead of the game and protect products, reputation and business, food processors need to keep working to improve their food safety systems.
We have one of the safest food supplies and perhaps the greatest choice of any nation in the world. When Americans travel outside the United States, this fact becomes even more obvious. Basic hygiene issues that we expect to be the norm in the food processing, foodservice and restaurant industries are not as common globally. The occurrence of foodborne illness in this country and elsewhere is, according to the IFT Expert Report, a function of many things, including pathogenicity, the host, and the environment. The environment in the United States is much better than most places in the world. A commitment to sanitary design, cleaning and sanitizing, temperature control, and producing safe and wholesome foods is part of this equation.