Frozen foods industry to focus on risk, sustainability
21st December 2007
Significant lessons have been learned from recent food scares like foot and mouth this year, but more works needs to be done on communication, says the British Frozen Foods Federation (BFFF).
In the federation’s annual round-up, president Stephen Waugh highlighted “the trauma of foot and mouth disease” and “the emergence of bluetongue disease” as significant issues the food industry has had to come with in the last year.
But Waugh said that although previous outbreaks have meant movement of animals is much better controlled, communication is still lacking.
“We are still very poor at communicating to Environmental Health Officers, to processors, producers and the supply chain in general about at risk food products, particularly those to be exported,” he said.
