{"id":6895,"date":"2019-04-29T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.specpage.com\/?p=6895"},"modified":"2019-09-16T11:49:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T09:49:57","slug":"food-quality-versus-food-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.specpage.com\/food-quality-versus-food-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Food quality versus food safety"},"content":{"rendered":"
Defining food safety and food quality<\/strong> is nearly impossible.\u00a0 From consumers, to regulatory agencies, to food manufacturers \u2013 the answer depends on who – and what – you ask.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n For example, food safety is sometimes defined as anything present in food that could possibly be harmful to consumers, like biological, chemical or physical objects.<\/p>\n End-user preparation is a challenge; many consumers create a hazardous environment while thawing or cooking their food.\u00a0 But it\u2019s not always about end-use prep – food safety also includes contamination and cross-contamination issues, like accidental allergen spills that impact people who have severe or life-threatening allergies, and even the mislabeling of products as organic \u2013 all of these challenges fall into the food safety-food quality basket.<\/p>\n Formula-based food manufacturers understand that it is very easy for recipes to become corrupted by other substances \u2013 foods or foreign bodies – during the production, packaging, and transportation processes.\u00a0 Since 2012, consumers have expressed growing concerns regarding food safety.\u00a0 In fact, more than 68 percent say that a brand\u2019s reputation for providing adequate food safety precautions is one of their top two motivators for the purchase choices they make.<\/p>\n According to reports, five percent of U.S. total food sales is organic \u2013 and more than 30 percent of households say that they purchase only organic products.\u00a0 The growth projections are enormous – organic food are conservatively predicted to increase 20 percent by 2020.<\/p>\n Of particular concern \u2013 the rise in sales and consumption of organic foods has created a gap in compliance.\u00a0 There is no specific global regulatory body that claims responsibility for import controls or specific organic designation for these products.<\/p>\nOrganics from a global perspective<\/strong><\/h2>\n