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... a crisis management network offering a multi-country approach has been launched to tackle global supply chain issues in the food and drink market ... thirteen independent communications agencies have set up the crisis management network to offer support to global food and drink industry players ... recent european food scares include salmonella in eggs and dioxins in animal feed, which lower consumer confidence in the food supply chain and regulatory agencies ... com that supply chain issues were “growing by the week, given the complexity of the supply chain and the increasing level of public scrutiny - plus the higher end user expectations of sustainable behaviour” ... she said: “many food businesses have tried to optimise their business through outsourcing, consolidating suppliers, adopting just-in-time (jit) or lean manufacturing techniques ... however, those choosing such options increase their risk profile and are more likely to experience supply chain disruption, primarily due to transport network and supplier insolvency

... coli culprit confirmed a joint statement from the country’s food safety, disease control and risk assessment agencies declared it had been able to “to narrow down the cause of the outbreak with a high degree of epidemiological certainty to the consumption of sprouts” ... the german bodies confirmed that a multi-agency taskforce would now be set up with european authorities to learn the lessons from the outbreak that has cost dozens of lives, cost farmer hundreds of millions of euros and dented public confidence in the safety of the region’s food supply chain ... “this laboratory diagnostics result is another link in the chain of evidence suggesting that raw sprouts have to be considered as an essential source for the ehec infections of the last weeks and confirms the epidemiological findings”, said bfr president professor andreas hensel ... german authorities said over the weekend that it was unlikely that legal action would be taken against the farm as it appears to have complied with all food safety regulations ... the panel would be made up of representatives from regional and national organisations with germany, as well as experts from the european food safety authority (efsa) and the european commission

... despite initiatives such as the rapid alert system for food & feed (rasff), the eu food chain is still vulnerable to malicious activity for the sake of profit or terrorist type activity, according to a leading food safety expert ... speaking at the 2011 institute of food technologists (ift) binstead lecture in london, shortly before the current e ... coli crisis broke, tony hines mbe from leatherhead food research (lfr) said that the rasff yielded a useful database regarding eu food safety issues ... spanish oil scandal hines welcomed such systems, but said the little-known toxic spanish cooking oil scandal from 1981, when 1,000 people lost their lives and thousands were seriously injured, was a “very good example of just how big an issue we can create with food, and shows just how vulnerable the food chain is” ... the sudan 1 crisis – in which the carcinogenic food dye was used illegally to colour chillies and paprika and boost their value – began in 2003, gaining momentum in 2005 ... however, hines said most people in the food industry “had their heads buried in the sand and hoped the issue would go away” , although he said that when he wrote the first product recall notice out in 2003 that he knew sudan i contamination would be a massive problem ... the most recent dioxin scandal concerned tainted industrial fatty oils in german feed, and hines said he watched news broadcasts where the german authorities insisted that the incident was under control and that they knew where the dioxins went in the food chain ... so who do consumers believe? widespread fear of food fraud prompted such actions, said hines, with the chinese melamine-tainted infant formula scandal still a recent memory ... regarding this he said: “ did the authorities know about it before or after the olympics, and why didn’t we predict it was going to happen?” food safety hydra? hines added: “ sadly our educated food technologist knew that by using melamine as a contaminant they could increase protein levels

... cutting food waste to feed the world 11-05-2011 over a billion tonnes squandered each year about one third of food produced for humans is lost or wasted11 may 2011, rome - roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year — approximately 1 ... the document, global food losses and food waste, was commissioned by fao from the swedish institute for food and biotechnology (sik) for save food!, an international congress being held in düsseldorf 16-17 may at the trade fair of the international packaging industry interpack2011 ... other key findings include: industrialized and developing countries dissipate roughly the same quantities of food — respectively 670 and 630 million tonnes ... every year, consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food (222 million tonnes) as the entire net food production of sub-saharan africa (230 million tonnes) ... the amount of food lost or wasted every year is equivalent to more than half of the world's annual cereals crop (2 ... losses and wastethe report distinguishes between food loss and food waste ... food losses — occurring at the production, harvest, post-harvest and processing phases — are most important in developing countries, due to poor infrastructure, low levels of technology and low investment in the food production systems ... food waste is more a problem in industrialized countries, most often caused by both retailers and consumers throwing perfectly edible foodstuffs into the trash ... total per capita food production for human consumption is about 900 kg a year in rich countries, almost twice the 460 kg a year produced in the poorest regions ... food losses during harvest and in storage translate into lost income for small farmers and into higher prices for poor consumers, the report noted ... reducing losses could therefore have an "immediate and significant" impact on their livelihoods and food security ... the advice is therefore to strengthen the food supply chain by assisting small farmers to link directly to buyers

... uk food and drink manufacturers are under-represented in the european economic recovery plan, says the food and drink federation (fdf), which is aiming to promote the sector more at eu level in the coming year ... in addition, the fdf would aim \"to advocate a uk food strategy which puts a sustainable food sector at the heart of the uk economy, at eu level to influence the high level forum on better functioning of the eu food supply chain\" ... \"we have been talking to the department for business, innovation and skills and the department for environment, food and rural affairs ... \" the challenge was to capitalise on that with a proper food and drink export strategy ... when food from britain, a major promoter of food and drink exports, was disbanded in 2009, several splinter groups formed ... the fdf would work on a strategy with these, government and the food and drink exporters association, said leech

... growing scrutiny of food suppliers means an increasing focus on food safety issues ... shouting (food safety issues) from the rooftops is important, but remember that consumers will notice inaccurate or mixed messages tony hines, head of food security and crisis management manager, leatherhead food research, told foodmanufacture ... uk that, under eu food safety requirement, article 14, consumers can expect to purchase food fit for consumption, not injurious to health and consistent with label descriptions ... under eu general food law, article 19 ... damage limitation once a firm finds itself in a recall/withdrawal situation, hines said, details can appear on websites, in retail stores and even (in rare cases) the national press; the uk food standards agency (fsa) has an alert system, while charities like the anaphylaxis campaign can send an sms message to lists of allergenic consumers when risky products are identified ... food manufacturers must monitor social media to pick up and respond to emerging issues ... a great food scare can do this and … sell newspapers ... ” johnson said that trade associations such as the uk-based food & drink federation should communicate industry-wide issues, ensuring consistency and diverting attention from individual companies; manufacturers should also follow updates from the likes of the fsa to plan next steps ... risk assessment processes hines said one critical question during food scares is whether hazard analysis critical control points (haccps) have been compromised ... these serve a specific food safety purpose and a well-documented, trained haccp team and plan form a major part of any potential due diligence defence in case of court action, and are critical to future prevention, he explained ... but johnson said a surprising number of uk food producers thought a rigorous haccp system (which she said the majority implement) gave wholesale coverage regarding risk

... consumer advocacy group choice says implications of the supermarkets’ milk pricing battle should be seen in the wider frame of competition issues in the grocery sector and the need for a national food policy, and has called for a national food policy and supermarket ombudsman to be established ... “consumers do not ‘win’ if heavy discounting in the short term has the effect of reducing product choice or undermining food security in the medium or long term,” said choice director of campaigns christopher zinn ... “choice believes that the milk price debate highlights the obvious lack of perspective and understanding surrounding the potential impacts of the growth in major supermarket generic brands and associated issues around future food prices and food security ... ” as such, the consumer group is arguing for a whole-of-government approach to a national food policy that tackles information and regulatory gaps ... “we believe a more centralised approach is needed to ensure the many and varied players along the food supply chain operate in a coordinated and strategic manner,” said zinn ... “this would mean decisions affecting the future of australia’s food industry are coherent and consistent ... because of the complexity of issues involved in competition throughout the supermarket sector, choice believes a supermarket ombudsman would be well placed to considider every step along the food value chain, and would be able to direct research priorities under a national food policy

... the agency has been notified that meat has entered the food supply from two cows aged over 48 months that had not been tested for bse ... according to bse regulations, both the untested cows and the one slaughtered before them should not have entered the food supply ... subsequent checks indicate that all the meat from the carcasses is no longer in the food supply chain and is likely to have been eaten

... a new european logo for local foods could help consumers identify products sold a short distance from their place of origin, says the dutch mep behind an opinion on professionalising local food systems to bolster regional economies and rebalance power in the food supply chain ... rapporteur lenie dwarshuis-van de beek (nl/alde) said there is a “skewed balance of power in the agricultural and food sectors which is putting the survival of agriculture at risk” ... around 80 per cent of world food production is sold locally, but in europe that figure is just 20 per cent because of the focus on large-scale, industrialised food production ... com after the vote that the intention is not to increase the percentage of local food, but to professionalise local food systems and make it easier for consumers to identify local produce ... ” a local logo for europe in her outlook opinion dwarshuis suggested introducing a local food logo that could be used on produce sold within a certain radius of the place of production on a voluntary basis, and alongside any local marks ... shortening of supply chains would put producers into closer contact with consumers, with local produce sold in farm shops and markets ... the opinion also calls for a definition of ‘local food products’ and ‘local food systems’ ... local benefits the benefits for rural development in supporting local food systems include economic gains, as shorter chains between producers and consumers would promote local jobs and help businesses gain a larger market

... the uk has confirmed it is to review the way official food safety controls are carried out in a bid to simplify the system, ensure consistency across sectors and centralise responsibility under four national bodies ... the food standards agency (fsa) said at its board meeting this week it is to undertake a far-reaching rethink on the system for charging for inspections at food business operations (fbo) ... agency chiefs made the decision to launch the review after considering a report that said the current charging arrangements are inconsistently applied across sectors and there is no strong link between the fees paid and compliance with food safety legislation ... cost recovery and centralisation the food watchdog’s chair, jeff rooker, said the reassessment would seek to modernise the uk’s current system ... “the uk food sector is one of the most sophisticated and developed in the world,” he said ... “the current official control delivery arrangements do not mirror the modern food supply chain with food businesses ranging from multinationals and global brands to single artisan producers operating across local authority boundaries ... rooker echoed this yesterday when he said: “the heart of the fsa’s role is protecting public health from risks, which may arise in eating food, including the way it is produced or supplied ... under the current regime, fee for official inspections apply at slaughterhouses, meat cutting sites and fish processing plants - but not at registered food and feed establishments, nor dairy processors or fish cutting facilities ... the fsa has anticipated that any changes to the fees system could trigger industry opposition but said changing the present system could result in a failure to improve food safety and compliance by businesses