Salmonella control in the spotlight

Food safety, now one of the world’s mostsignificant public health issues, is attractingincreasing attention from politicians andlegislators. The entire food sector, fromproducers to processors and retailers must therefore address the issue of pathogencontamination effectively and cost-efficiently. By Roger Mann, Anitox, UK In March 2009, US president Obama announced new measures aimed at improving the safety of the United States’ food supplies, including the establishment of a Food