FNH 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Canadian Food Inspection Agency, World Health Organization, Listeria Monocytogenes
3 Jun 2019
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Evaluating the safety and wholesomeness of irradiated foods. Testing for effectiveness of irradiation and prevention of more virulent variants. Health canada (health products and food branch) safety and wholesomeness. Canadian food inspection agency (cfia) labeling of foods, inspection of facilities. In the us : fda (food and drug administration) Concept of decimal reduction time in thermal processing also applies to irradiation. D 10 -value = dose (kgy) of ionizing energy needed to decrease mo population by 90% Required irradiation dose for 5d & 12d process. Irradiated food labelling: mandatory basic labelling information as required for pre-packaged products (common name, list of ingredients, nutrition table, etc) 2: statement ( indicating the product is irradiated , an irradiated ingredient ( 10% ) of a pre-packaged food, must be identified as irradiated in the list of ingredients. See section 2. 14. 1 of the guide to food labelling and advertising from the cfia. Applications currently approved in canada (slide 10) division 26 food irradiation.
