SAI Global's EFSIS Calls for a National Sandard to Battle India's Food Poisoning Plague.Mumbai, India, Apr 5, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - SAI Global Limited (ASX ASX See: Australian Stock Exchange : SAI) is calling on India to adopt a common food safety standard in a bid to combat the dramatic number of poisonings that plague the country's billion-strong population. The news comes as the number of food poisonings in India has reached an estimated 297 million cases each year, pointing to a devastating failure in the country's food supply chain. According to the Managing Director of SAI Global's EFSIS EFSIS European Food Safety Inspection Service EFSIS East Florida Shelf Information System (University of Miami) Agri-food Division, Mr. Mark Proctor, Indian residents, and tourists, should not have to live in fear of the food they consume in one of the world's greatest democracies. "It is time to put an end to to destroy. - Fuller. See also: End the infamous Delhi belly and begin to build confidence in the country's food supply chain," he said. "Adopting a common standard for food safety stands to benefit the food industry in India, particularly those businesses seeking to export into Europe and satisfy the European retail requirements." "India has a real opportunity here and should look to the way the United Kingdom and Europe transformed their approach to food safety following issues with Foot and Mouth and Mad Cow Disease mad cow disease: see prion. mad cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) Fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. Symptoms include behavioral changes (e.g. ." As one of the world's leading food inspection companies, SAI's EFSIS is a widely recognized certification body among retailers and other purchasers. While there are several multinational certification bodies operating in India, only SAI's EFSIS inspection and certification services are tailored exclusively to the specialist area of food safety. SAI Global inspects and certifies to a wide range of international, European, country specific and corporate/industry specific Standards for quality and food safety including: ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001, HACCP HACCP hazard analysis critical control points. , HACCP 9000, ISO 22000, BRC Global Food Standard, IFS (International Food Standard), EUREPGAP IFA Immunofluorescent assay (IFA) A blood test sometimes used to confirm ELISA results instead of using the Western blotting. In an IFA test, HIV antigen is mixed with a fluorescent compound and then with a sample of the patient's blood. and Fresh Produce, UK and Ireland agricultural inspections and second party inspections. "Importantly SAI's EFSIS inspection and certification services are accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to the European Standards EN 45004, EN 54011 and EN 45012. EFSIS also holds specific accreditations in France (COFRAC COFRAC Comité Français d'Accréditation (France) ) and in Germany (DAP) to EN45011" said Proctor. About SAI GLOBAL LIMITED SAI Global Pty Ltd is one of the world's leading business publishing, compliance, training and assurance organisations with offices in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North America, and across Asia. Through its extensive e-capabilities and its network of auditors, experts and training professionals SAI Global works with organisations to help them build better businesses. For more information, please visit http://www.saiglobal.com. Source: SAI GLOBAL LIMITED Contact: Ronnie Gurang SAI Global Mumbai +91-22-2659-1777 sai_global.mum@vsnl.net. Tom Godfrey SAI Global +61 414 191 034 tom.godfrey@sai-global.com Copyright [c] 2006 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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