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Regulating food-borne illness : investigation, control and enforcement /
When faced with tackling food-borne illness, regulators have a number of competing goals. They must investigate in order to discover the source of the illness. Once the source is identified they must take action to prevent further cases of illness occurring. Finally, once the illness is under contro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Hart Publishing,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Explanation of Alpha-numeric Identifiers; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; 1. The Response to Food-borne Illness; I. Introduction; II. Regulating Food; III. The Role of the Network; IV. Regulating Risk; V. The Issue of Illness; VI. Collection of Information; VII. The Control of Realised Risk; VIII. Enforcement and Sanctioning; IX. Examining the Response to Food-borne Illness: Methodological Considerations; X. Examining the Response to Food-borne Illness: A Structural Guide; XI. Summary; 2. The Regulatory Network.
- I. IntroductionII. The EU and the UK Government; III. The Food Standards Agency; IV. Local Authorities; V. Medical Actors; VI. The Police; VII. Food Businesses and Their Employees; VIII. Consumers; IX. Conclusion; 3. The Regulatory Landscape; I. The Governance of Food Production; A. Regulations Governing Food Products: Regulation 178/2002; i. Unsafe Per Se; ii. Injurious to Health; iii. Unfit for Human Consumption; B. Regulations Governing Food Premises: Food Hygiene Requirements; i. The General Obligation; ii. Temperature Control Requirements; iii. Microbiological Safety Requirements.
- Iv. Hazard Analysis Critical Control Pointv. Condition; vi. Notification; II. The Control, Enforcement and Advisory Toolbox: Powers Available to Local Authorities; A. Four Species of Control Power Used During Incidents of Food-borne Illness; i. Powers that Control Products; ii. Powers that Control Premises and Processes; iii. Powers that Control People; iv. Powers that Control The Environment; B. Two Enforcement Powers Used Following Incidents of Food-borne Illness; i. Prosecution; ii. Caution; C. The Power to Advise; i. Improvement Notices; III. Conclusion: The Powers of the Network.
- 4. The Investigation of Incidents of Food-borne IllnessI. Notification; II. Investigation of Incidents of Food-borne Illness; III. Epidemiological Investigations; A. Identifying Cases and Controls; i. Case Definition; ii. Snowballing from Consumers; iii. Utilising the Business; iv. Utilising the Event Organiser; v. Identification by Medical Professionals; B. Questioning Affected Persons; i. Information about the Case/Control; ii. Information about Symptoms; iii. Food History; iv. Information about Other Risk Factors; C. Analysing Epidemiological Information; i. Building a Hypothesis.
- Ii. Testing a HypothesisIV. Microbiological Investigations; A. Human Samples; i. From Consumers; ii. From Employees; B. Food Samples; C. Environmental Samples; D. Testing and Analysis of Samples; V. Environmental Investigation; A. Contacting the Food Business; B. Physical Inspections of Premises; C. Examination of Documentation Retained at Premises; i. Food Safety Management System Documentation; ii. Temperature records; iii. Preparation Instructions; iv. Absence and Sickness Records; v. Other Documents; D. Questioning Businesses; i. Under Caution; ii. Not Under Caution.