Assessing and Reducing the Risk of Cross Contamination of Food Stuffs in Food Handling Environments

Objective

Given the importance of cross contamination and the difficulties in determining the extent of cross contamination during food poisoning outbreaks, the projectb objectives were to:
<ol> <li> Analyse, identify and catalogue practices contributing to cross contamination and its prevention within a risk framework
<li> Assess the extent of these practices within food handling
<li> Determine food handlers’ attitudes to these practices and investigate strategies to reduce cross contamination

More information

<p>Find more about this project and other FSA food safety-related projects at the <a href="http://www.food.gov.uk/science/research/" target="_blank">Food Standards Agency Research webpage</a>.

Institution

Food Research & Consultancy Unit, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff

Start date

2001

End date

2001

Funding Source

Food Standards Agency

Project number

B02007