Prepared by a task force of thirteen scientists, this issue paper provides a timely consideration of critical issues:microbiological safety of foods of animal origin during production; food processing strategies for manufactured foods of animal origin, both ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat; food safety initiatives in retailing; consumer interventions to enhance food safety; challenges to applying food safety controls uniformly across all sectors of the food service industry; and recommendations for development and application of new intervention strategies to decrease human illnesses attributed to foods derived from animals. Chair: Michael P. Doyle, University of Georgia.
IP25, January 2004, 24 pp., Available free online and in print (fee for shipping/handling).
Michael Doyle
Gary Acuff
Dane Bernard
Bruce Cords
James Cullor
Jill Hollingsworth
Karen Penner
Robert (Skip) Seward
Bill Sperber
Bruce Tompkin
J. Bailey
John Sofos
Lyle Vogel
Kaye Wachsmuth
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