Delivering food safety

Abstract

A delegation from the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering traveled to Beijing in April 2016 to jointly run a workshop on technology advances in food safety with the Chinese Academy of Engineering. This brief summary from the Australian delegation identifies the pyramid of inter- locking issues which must be addressed to deliver food safety. Systems and technology provide the necessary base, on which culture and then trust can be built to facilitate the delivery of food safety now and in the future.

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Keywords

culture / food safety / systems / technology / trust

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Compliance with ethics guidelines

Kaye Basford, Richard Bennett, Joanne Daly, Mary Ann Augustin, Snow Barlow, Tony Gregson, Alice Lee, Deli Chen, and Matt Wenham declare that they have no conflict or financial conflicts to disclose.

This article is does not contain any studies with human or animal subjects performed by any of the authors.

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