Mar 5th, 2024
2 mins
Together, a steering committee of food businesses along with the Food Safety Research Network (FSRN) are building a platform for FBOs to confidentially and anonymously share microbiology testing data. The aim is to create a trusted network of food businesses that share and co-analyse data on microbial risks to reveal sector-wide insights that enable collective actions to safeguard consumers.
Expected outcomes include:
- Increased product confidence (i.e. providing knowledge where food safety risks were not detected);
- Earlier awareness of emerging risk (i.e. warning of where a new or heightened risk has entered a system);
- Advanced capability to identify recurrent risks (i.e. evidence of a previously unknown risk using newly compiled datasets from multiple members across time points), and;
- Collective awareness of perceived or future risks (i.e. sharing the rationale and results of where enhanced testing is/should occur due to changes in supply chains, processes, or horizon scanning)
If you would like further information, you can read more on the F-MIN draft proposal or contact foodsafetynetwork@quadram.ac.uk
