Experts Focus on International Trade Challenges

摘要

The Institute of Food Technologists held its 4th International Food Safety & Quality Conference on July 20,2005, in conjunction with IFT's 2005 Annual Meeting + Food Expo~® in New Orleans, La.. The more than 300 attendees came from 35 countries to hear experts in the areas of food safety and food quality discuss issues that affect international food trade. This article summarizes the presentations. Avian influenza (Al), caused by small RNA viruses of varying patho-genicity, is considered a notifiable disease bythe World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), said David Swayne, Director, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service. The mild form of the disease (LPAI) manifests in respiratory disease, decreased egg production, and secondary respiratory bacterial infections. The high pathogenicity form (HPAI)—the one inhibitory to trade—involves multiple organs and results in high mortality.