Food Safety and Quality Systems in Developing Countries: Volume One: Export Challenges and Implementation Strategies

Food Safety and Quality Systems in Developing Countries, Volume One: Export Challenges and Implementation Strategies considers both the theoretical and practical aspects of food safety and quality systems implementation by major world markets and new and emerging markets in developing countries. This reference examines issues facing exporters and importers of traditional foods the characteristics of the food and its distribution channels, and market access from a historical and current context to present best practices.

This must-have reference offers real-life, practical approaches for foods from around the world, offering help to those who have found it difficult to implement sustainable, certifiable food safety and quality systems into their businesses and provides scientifically sound solutions to support their implementation.

Includes accessible, relevant case studies of instances when food safety was compromised and offers practical scientific input in dealing with and preventing these issuesDiscusses the role and importance of research and documentation of food safety when exporting productsPresents risk analysis examples from the past and present for products from various countries and different perspectives including the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, India, South Africa, Haiti, Jamaica, and moreOffers successful strategies for developing food safety and quality systems from a national and firm-level perspective relevant to academics, regulators, exporters, importers and major distributors handling food from various developing countries

Chapter 1: Trade, Food Science and Standard Considerations: Exporting of Traditional Fruits to the US

Chapter 2: Natural Toxins in Fruits and Vegetables: Blighia sapida and Hypoglycin

Chapter 3: The Life Cycle of the Fruit: Environmental and other impacts on toxicity

Chapter 4: Biochemistry of Hypoglycin and Toxic Hypoglycaemic Syndrome

Chapter 5: Effective Science-based Approaches to Establishing Safe Food Handling Practices for Traditional Foods: the Ackee Example

Chapter 6: Re-entering the US Market with Jamaican Ackees: A Case Study

Chapter 7: Dealing with Trade Challenges: Science-based solutions to Market Access Interruption

Chapter 8: The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and its impact on the Caribbean's Approach to Export Market Access