Food safety challenges associated with traditional foods in Arabic speaking countries of the Middle East

Mehrdad Tajkarimi; Salam A Ibrahim; Angela M. Fraser

doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2012.10.002

Food safety challenges associated with traditional foods in Arabic speaking countries of the Middle East

Mehrdad Tajkarimi
, Salam A Ibrahim
, Angela M. Fraser

University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Clemson University

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Abstract

The Middle East has several traditional food safety practices issues. Serious foodborne outbreaks reported in recent years caused by foods are emerging health threats. The focus of this article is to review some of the major challenges for controlling foodborne outbreaks, traditional food products and food safety practices in the region.Challenges and issues about homemade, restaurant and street food, public health infrastructures and new technologies and rules have also been discussed. Recommendations for appropriate food safety practices such as application of new techniques and management systems to improve traditional food safety are presented. © 2012.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	116-123
Number of pages	8
Journal	Trends in Food Science and Technology
Volume	29
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2012.10.002
State	Published - Feb 1 2013

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