Food Hygiene and Applied Food Microbiology in an Anthropological Cross Cultural Perspective

by Aleardo Zaccheo (Author)

Demonstrates that food safety is a multidisciplinary scientific discipline

Considers the many factors that contribute to foodborne illness

Discusses and compares strategies to provide and to ensure food and water safety



About this book

The book demonstrates that food safety is a multidisciplinary scientific discipline that



is specifically designed to prevent foodborne illness to consumers. It is generally assumed



to be an axiom by both nonprofessionals and professionals alike, that the most



developed countries, through their intricate and complex standards, formal trainings



and inspections, are always capable of providing much safer food items and beverages



to consumers as opposed to the lesser developed countries and regions of the world.







Clearly, the available data regarding the morbidity and the mortality in different areas



of the world confirms that in developing countries, the prevalence and the incidence of



presumptive foodborne illness is much greater. However, other factors need to be taken



into consideration in this overall picture: First of all, one of the key issues in developing



countries appears to be the availability of safe drinking water, a key element in any



food safety strategy. Second, the availability of healthcare facilities, care providers, and



medicines in different parts of the world makes the consequences of foodborne illness



much more important and life threatening in lesser developed countries than in most



developed countries.







It would be therefore ethnocentric and rather simplistic to state



that the margin of improvement in food safety is only directly proportional to the

level of development of the society or to the level of complexity of any given national



or international standard. Besides standards and regulations, humans as a whole have



evolved and adapted different strategies to provide and to ensure food and water safety



according to their cultural and historical backgrounds. Our goal is to discuss and to



compare these strategies in a cross-cultural and technical approach, according to the



realities of different socio-economic, ethnical and social heritages.

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