Food Safety Scandals and Food Security
In 2013, there was a wide scale recall of infant formula due to botulinum toxin contamination and before that there was the horsemeat scandal. That year consumers' confidence in the safety and security of the global food supply chain was severely challenged. Almost every year, some form of contamination and safety scandals happen in some parts of the world resulting in a spate of recalls globally costing consumers, retailers, manufacturers and government millions of dollars. Food production has been anything other than straight forward and simple. A complex mixture of preservatives in prepared food, a complex mixture of inputs such as pesticides and fertilizers in fresh produce and a concoction of inputs in the form of hormones in animal produce have added a lot of confusion and distaste among consumers. Many of us do not know what we are eating anymore. What is the difference between chocolate milk and chocolate flavoured milk? When milk is considered a wholeso...