A surveillance and monitoring system for food safety for India
The object of food safety surveillance and monitoring system is to ensure that the food supplied in the market is safe. In the absence of an effective system, the consumer can be exposed to chemical and microbiological contaminants, causing a variety of food borne diseases caused by agents such as Mould, Yeast, E.Coli, Coliform, Salmonella, Stephylococus Aureus, Vibro Cholrea, etc., and chemical contaminants like pesticide residues, heavy metals, aflatoxins, etc. The effectiveness of the food safety system can be judged by the frequency and extent of such diseases. In the absence of requisite data it is not possible to assess the present state and size of the problem.