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COMPARISON OF RASFF AND FOOD SAFETY INFORMATION SYSTEM IN
TURKEY FOR ANIMAL SOURCED FOOD PRODUCTS
Mustafa Feyzullah AKYÜZ
Erciyes University, Institue of Health Sciences
Department of Veterinary Food Hygiene and Technology
Master Thesis, August, 2019
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Zafer GÖNÜLALAN
ABSTRACT
In this study, the Food Safety Information System used to measure the reliability of
food placed on the market in Turkey (FSIS) and the European Union Rapid Alert
System for Food and Feed (RASFF) have been reported for food of animal origin are
intended to make comparison within the scope of microbiological hazards.
Turkey and the European Union belong to those information systems that are in use data
from the World Health Organization, Foodborne Disease Burden evaluated according to
the results of Epidemiology Reference Group's work, make suggestions, to contribute to
and Public Health due to national food safety is another goal of the study.
According to the RASFF, the most food group received the most notifications as a result
of the classification of the microbiological hazards which are the cause of the
notifications made for the foods of animal origin in the date range determined for the
study, and 10.40% of the notifications realized for these products are parasitic
infestations, 8.62% were related to the presence of Listeria monocytogenes. In terms of
the number of hazard notifications of the RASFF, it is seen that poultry meat and
products constitute the second group of animal food, 85.30% of the notifications are
from Salmonella spp., 3.34% from Campylobacter sp. And 2.20% from Listeria
monocytogenes
.
According to FSIS, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, the highest microbiological hazard
notification was made for poultry meat and products prepared from these meats, while
the most frequently isolated pathogenic microorganism Salmonella spp. pathogenic
microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli,
Listeria monocytogenes
have been reported in finished foodstuffs (chicken soup,
chicken rice etc.).
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In the FSIS Data, it was determined that the most notifications were made in 2018 year
for minced meat. Salmonella Enteritidis was the most common pathogenic
microorganism found in red meat minced meat.
When the RASFF system is examined, there is no data on the presence of red meat and
meat products export to EU countries via Turkey. Similarly, there is no data on
imported red meat and meat products in the FSIS. Therefore, it was not possible to
compare the two systems in terms of hazards in red meat and meat products. For a
similar manner, there are no records for milk and milk products and eggs and egg
products in the RASFF and in the FSIS systems in Turkey, it was not possible to
compare the two systems in terms of milk and milk products and eggs and egg products.
According to FSIS data, Bacillus cereus was the most isolated pathogen microorganism
from food-borne cases or outbreaks.
For the management of reliable food production at national level, the risks must first be
identified and graded according to specific criteria.
Risks resulting from microbiological hazards are a major threat to public health and a
serious concern for its consequences. The production, presentation and presentation of
foods with reliable properties can only be realized by considering and analyzing the risk
analysis effectively.
Key Words: Risk evaluation, Hazard, RASFF, FSIS, Public health, Disease burden.