Report on prioritization of food safety issues in the dairy and horticulture value chains, Kenya

Food borne diseases can be caused by biological, chemical and physical hazards. Most food borne illnesses result from consumption of animal source foods and fruits and vegetables. Managing food borne illness requires establishment of food safety control systems. In resource poor countries, it impera...

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Autores principales: Kang'ethe, Erastus K., Muriuki, Samuel, Karugia, Joseph T., Guthiga, Paul M., Kirui, Leonard
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Livestock Research Institute 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106196
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author Kang'ethe, Erastus K.
Muriuki, Samuel
Karugia, Joseph T.
Guthiga, Paul M.
Kirui, Leonard
author_browse Guthiga, Paul M.
Kang'ethe, Erastus K.
Karugia, Joseph T.
Kirui, Leonard
Muriuki, Samuel
author_facet Kang'ethe, Erastus K.
Muriuki, Samuel
Karugia, Joseph T.
Guthiga, Paul M.
Kirui, Leonard
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description Food borne diseases can be caused by biological, chemical and physical hazards. Most food borne illnesses result from consumption of animal source foods and fruits and vegetables. Managing food borne illness requires establishment of food safety control systems. In resource poor countries, it imperative that prioritization of the causes of food borne illness be done to have better resource allocation and utilization. A team of experts drawn from dairy and horticulture value chains listed the key food safety hazards in the dairy and horticulture value chains. A multi-criteria approach was used to prioritize the food safety hazards and associated aspects of food loss and trade. Microbial hazards were ranked highly in both value chains. This is a reflection of poor agricultural and post-harvest handling practices of the commodities. Considering the dominance of smallholder production in the two value chains, observance of good agricultural and hygienic practices is challenging along value chains that have many nodes and actors. The situation can be addressed through capacity building and adoption of good agricultural and hygienic practices, enforcement of food safety standards and provision of appropriate infrastructure development along the value chains.
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spelling CGSpace1061962025-11-06T06:10:56Z Report on prioritization of food safety issues in the dairy and horticulture value chains, Kenya Kang'ethe, Erastus K. Muriuki, Samuel Karugia, Joseph T. Guthiga, Paul M. Kirui, Leonard food safety dairying supply chain horticulture foodborne diseases dairies supply chains food losses livelihoods dairy industry Food borne diseases can be caused by biological, chemical and physical hazards. Most food borne illnesses result from consumption of animal source foods and fruits and vegetables. Managing food borne illness requires establishment of food safety control systems. In resource poor countries, it imperative that prioritization of the causes of food borne illness be done to have better resource allocation and utilization. A team of experts drawn from dairy and horticulture value chains listed the key food safety hazards in the dairy and horticulture value chains. A multi-criteria approach was used to prioritize the food safety hazards and associated aspects of food loss and trade. Microbial hazards were ranked highly in both value chains. This is a reflection of poor agricultural and post-harvest handling practices of the commodities. Considering the dominance of smallholder production in the two value chains, observance of good agricultural and hygienic practices is challenging along value chains that have many nodes and actors. The situation can be addressed through capacity building and adoption of good agricultural and hygienic practices, enforcement of food safety standards and provision of appropriate infrastructure development along the value chains. 2019-11-30 2019-12-17T13:25:59Z 2019-12-17T13:25:59Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106196 en Open Access application/pdf International Livestock Research Institute Kang'ethe, E., Muriuki, S., Karugia, J., Guthiga, P., and Kirui, L. 2019. Report on prioritization of food safety issues in the dairy and horticulture value chains, Kenya. Prepared for the Voice for Change Partnership (V4CP). Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.
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dairying
supply chain
horticulture
foodborne diseases
dairies
supply chains
food losses
livelihoods
dairy industry
Kang'ethe, Erastus K.
Muriuki, Samuel
Karugia, Joseph T.
Guthiga, Paul M.
Kirui, Leonard
Report on prioritization of food safety issues in the dairy and horticulture value chains, Kenya
title Report on prioritization of food safety issues in the dairy and horticulture value chains, Kenya
title_full Report on prioritization of food safety issues in the dairy and horticulture value chains, Kenya
title_fullStr Report on prioritization of food safety issues in the dairy and horticulture value chains, Kenya
title_full_unstemmed Report on prioritization of food safety issues in the dairy and horticulture value chains, Kenya
title_short Report on prioritization of food safety issues in the dairy and horticulture value chains, Kenya
title_sort report on prioritization of food safety issues in the dairy and horticulture value chains kenya
topic food safety
dairying
supply chain
horticulture
foodborne diseases
dairies
supply chains
food losses
livelihoods
dairy industry
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