HACCP and ISO 9000

Carbendazim is being found in orange juice in USA and it is believed that this fungicide is present in orage juices sold worldwide.The Coca Cola Company reported for the first time the finding of  Carbendazim in its orange juice Minute Maid and Simply Orange and in competitor products. Probably also affected is Pepsico Inc.'s Tropicana brand   Analyse values, however, were very low and FDA officials  said that these values are of no health risk. [1]

Approximately half of importers and distributors of medical equipment in the Kingdom are unlicensed, according to a Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) official. According to Saleh Al-Tayar, a  member of the SFDA, the Saudi medical market was a testing ground for various medical products as there was no system to regulate it until four years ago. [1]

Chen, 39, a Chinese bus driver tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus. He died on December 31, 2011 at the city of Shenzhen  near Hong Kong, where more than 19,000 birds were slaughtered and imports and sales of live poultry were banned for three weeks following a positive test for H5N1 at a chicken carcass. Chen had no contact with poultry. [1]

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) assessed the risk of  pathogenic bacteria that may contaminate seeds intended for sprouting and sprouted seeds (sprouts, shoots and cress) which are  generally consumed raw or minimally processed. [1]

Pathogenic bacteria can contaminate seeds and grow during sprouting. Furthermore, preventing initial contamination during production, storage and distribution of seeds is of the foremost importance.

Twenty two common pest species called by the FDA the "Dirty 22"  are the spreaders of foodborne diseases. The presence of filth and extraneous materials and any one of these species in food  indicates unsanitary conditions in food processing and storage facilities, says the FDA. [1]

Sulaiman et al 2011 classified the 22 species in four groups: Group I including four cockroach species, the group II has  two ant species, the  group III has 12 fly species, and IV includes four rodent species.