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Understanding Food Safety Culture

With the complexity of our global supply chains, it’s now more important than ever to build a culture that consistently strives for the continual improvement of food safety standards.

Over the years we’ve faced a number of startling food safety challenges, from the ‘Jack in the Box’ E. coli outbreak in the US to the UK’s 2013 horse meat scandal. The need for a culture that promotes preventative measures has never been more important.

FACT: According to WHO, each year one in 10 people worldwide becomes ill due to contaminated food – 420,000 of whom die

World Health Organisation , Food Safety Report. 19 May 2022.

The landscape of food safety has developed, principles of behavioural science are now entwinned with food science and technology, and success is measured through behavioural consistency, organisational culture and team dynamics.

You can learn more here in this article from NEW FOOD.

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