Epidemiology and quality assurance application to food safety

The conditions for the food industry, in general, are changing. Especially in industrialized countries, the safety and quality of food is increasingly becoming an issue of concern to the consumer. This paper describes the imp act of the farm-to-table concept and the implementation of HACCP plans thro ughout the food production chain on animal production and veterinary profes sion, using the example of the pork production chain. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.