Chapter 25.3, Problem 15AYP

Summary Introduction

To describe:

10-year trends in the incidence of food-borne illness within the United States.

Concept introduction:

FDA- Food and Drug Administration is an organization that regulates the food industry. It uses a management system namely HACCP- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point- to evaluate the hazards involving production, harvesting, processing, and distribution of food products. Hazards occurring at every stage of the process of food production is identified, evaluated, controlled and prevented by the HACCP. This helps in the prevention of food-borne illness caused by various pathogens.