Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The Food - Tuna Fish Factory Still Breaking the Food Safety System


The Food
The Food - Salmonella bacteria that has been endemic, infecting some food. But bacteria are widely prevalent in raw fish. Warning to be alert to the storage and cleanliness of raw fish that dimasih violated by one of the fish factory.

On 19 April, the U.S. government announced that the import of tuna fish by Moon Marine USA Corporation, is likely to contain salmonella bacteria. As a result of bacteria that infected as many as 116 people sick. This warning was announced by the FDA's Department of Health and Human Services.

The U.S. government also has made food safety provisions, which shall be in accordance with the standards of HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points). All seafood will always be exported through these stages in order to prevent the spread of an outbreak of pathogens in food.

Before the first export of goods to be controlled from the cutting process to packaging. Allergen labeling on packaging should also be included, after the packaged goods should also be detectable metal content. For the final stage, the temperature monitoring during delivery is also required, because if the temperature is too high can damage the freshness of tuna fish.

But the control systems that must be done is violated by one of the fish factory that always mengomport goods. In addition to violations of HACCP, Health Human Services (HHS) reported that the water used to make ice during the processing of a dirty look. They also found that there dipisau kelupasan paint stick to the fish.

"Water storage tanks found any dirt debris fragments, contaminated water is also clearly visible with the substance of microbiology," said HHS Inspector. Selian the ceiling and cracks where the processing was found broken.

Since the report was issued, Moon Marine attract tuna that has been entered in the ship, because the FDA has not reviewed the sample may contain salmonella bacteria. A total of 258 people had been infected with this bacterium. Salmonella types Bereilly has infected 247 people, while Salmonella NcHanga has infected 11 people.

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