Food is a concern to both manufactures and consumers. Explain how a food manufacturer and local authorities can ensure that food poisoning risks are reduced.

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Food is a concern to both manufactures and consumers. Explain how a food manufacturer and local authorities can ensure that food poisoning risks are reduced.

The term food poisoning actually means disease resulting from ingestion of food contaminated with a toxin produced by a micro organism. The most common types of food according to nhsdirect.com are Campylobacter, E.Coli and salmonella. These are caught from foods such as contaminated water, raw chicken, milk and eggs.  According to the Food Standards Agency, it is estimated that up to 5.5 million people in the UK are affected from food poisoning each year. There are many possible ways of preventing this on both the consumers and the manufacturer’s part.  

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It is more the manufacturer’s responsibility to ensure that their food that is being produced does not become contaminated.  One of the most important factors a manufacturer can do to prevent food poisoning is to train their staff properly. It is important that the staff are capable of cleaning thoroughly the equipment used throughout the production of the food. A basic food hygiene certificate is now expected when handling food. It would also be a good idea for the manufacturer to employ supervisors to ensure that the other staff are doing the correct jobs in the correct ways. They ...

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