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Cover
Title Page
Preface and Acknowledgment
1 Introduction
1. Facing Global Realities
2. Food Systems
3. Food Safety Systems
4. Supply Connecting with Demand
5. Comparing Food Safety Systems
2 How Was Canada Doing in 2010? A Comparative Analysis
1. How Was Canada Doing? A Comparative Analysis
2. How Canada Got Here
3. Industry and the Canadian Government
4. Industry and the United States
5. Beyond BSE: Food Safety and Trades
3 Consumer Affairs
1. Connecting with the consumer
2. Analysis of Ranking Data
3. Investigation on Consumer Affairs
4. Discussion
4 Biosecurity
1. Bioterrorism
2. Analysis of Ranking Data
3. Bioterrorism Strategy
4. Investigation on Biosecurity
5. Discussion
5 Governance and Recalls
1. Governance and Recalls in the Food Safety Performance World Ranking Initiative
2. Existence of Risk Management Plans
3. Level of Clarity and Stability of Food Recall Regulations
4. Number of Protectionist Measures Against Trading Partners
5. Number of Recalls
6. Investigation on Governance and Recalls
7. Discussion
6 Traceability and Management
1. Traceability and Management in the Food Safety Performance World Ranking Initiative
2. Analysis of Ranking Data
3. Investigation on Traceability and Management
4. Discussion
5. Canada’s Traceability Unpacked
6. The Role of Business: Top‐Down or Bottom‐Up Traceability
7. Traceability and Trade
8. Technology and the Future
7 The 2014 Survey
1. A New Approach
2. Purpose
3. Methodology
4. Food Safety Risk Assessment
5. Chemical Risks
6. Microbial Risks
7. National Food Consumption Reporting
8. Inspections and Audits
9. Food Safety Risk Management
10. National Food Safety Response Capacity
11. Food Recalls
12. Food Traceability
13. Radionuclide Standards
14. Food Safety Risk Communication
15. Allergenic Risks and Labeling
16. Public Trust
17. National Food Safety System Performances Compared
18. What This New 2014 Version Means
8 The Future of Global Food Safety Systems and Risk Intelligence
1. Changing Agricultural Production Strategies
2. On the Question of GMOs
3. Assessment of Current and Evolving Systemic Risks in Food Safety
References
Index
End User License Agreement

List of Tables

Chapter 01
1. Table 1.1 World ranking.
2. Table 1.2 Category‐specific grades and ranks.
Chapter 02
1. Table 2.1 Canada’s performance in all four categories: 2008 and 2010 grades.
Chapter 03
1. Table 3.1 Ranking for Consumer Affairs.
2. Table 3.2 Incidences of reported illness by foodborne pathogen: 2008 and 2010 grades.
3. Table 3.3 Rates of inspections and audits: 2008 and 2010 grades.
4. Table 3.4 Food safety education programs: 2008 and 2010 grades.
5. Table 3.5 Labeling and indications of allergens: 2008 and 2010 grades.
6. Table 3.6 Ease of access to public health information: 2008 and 2010 grades.
Chapter 04
1. Table 4.1 Ranking for Biosecurity.
2. Table 4.2 Rate of use of agricultural chemicals.
3. Table 4.3 Bioterrorism strategy.
4. Table 4.4 Kilograms of pesticide used per hectare of agricultural land.
Chapter 05
1. Table 5.1 Ranking for governance and recalls.
2. Table 5.2 Existence of risk management plans.
3. Table 5.3 Level of clarity and stability of food recall regulations: 2008 and 2010 grades.
4. Table 5.4 Number of protectionist measures against trading partners: 2008 and 2010 grades.
5. Table 5.5 Number of recalls: 2008 and 2010 grades.
6. Table 5.6 Simple average MFN applied to agriculture in 2008.
7. Table 5.7 Number of alerts in 2008 by European country.
Chapter 06
1. Table 6.1 Ranking for traceability and management.
2. Table 6.2 Depth of traceability systems in food chain—2008 and 2010 grades.
Chapter 07
1. Table 7.1 Ranking of rate of use of agricultural chemicals (pesticides).
2. Table 7.2 Ranking based on use of agricultural chemicals.
3. Table 7.3 Score based on reporting of food safety chemical risks through total diet studies.
4. Table 7.4 Ranking of incidences of reported illness by food‐borne pathogen per 100 000 people.
5. Table 7.5 Food‐borne illness cases per 100 000 inhabitants: Campylobacter spp.
6. Table 7.6 Food‐borne illness cases per 100 000 inhabitants: Salmonella spp.
7. Table 7.7 Food‐borne illness cases per 100 000 inhabitants: Yersinia spp.
8. Table 7.8 Foodborne illness cases per 100 000 inhabitants: E. coli VTEC/STEC.
9. Table 7.9 Food‐borne illness cases per 100 000 inhabitants: Listeria monocytogenes.
10. Table 7.10 Score for national food consumption or dietary intake reporting.
11. Table 7.11 Nutrition information quality scores for selected EU countries.
12. Table 7.12 Outcome score for national capacity to respond to food safety and other emergencies.
13. Table 7.13 Food safety core capability questions and criteria in the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations National Capacity Monitoring Survey.
14. Table 7.14 Response (consistency) score for food recalls per 1 000 000 people.
15. Table 7.15 Aggregate outcome scores for food traceability.
16. Table 7.16 Standard limits for radioactive cesium by food group.
17. Table 7.17 Responsive score for labelling food and indicating allergens.
18. Table 7.18 Change in public trust in food safety over a 5‐year period.
19. Table 7.19 World ranking of food safety performance.
20. Table 7.20 World ranking of national food safety performances by metric.

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