Food safety governance: Standard operating procedure on controlling of nitrite level, handling and processing of edible bird's nest

Malaysia is one of the largest bird’s nest exporters particularly to China and Hong Kong market. However, Malaysia multimillion ringgits bird’s nest industry has been hit hard by China’s ban and a series of scandals, with a drop in sales and prices. In light of the emerging food safety issues that...

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Main Authors: Ramli, Noriah, Azmi, Saiful Mohammad Nizam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: INSI Publications 2012
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description Malaysia is one of the largest bird’s nest exporters particularly to China and Hong Kong market. However, Malaysia multimillion ringgits bird’s nest industry has been hit hard by China’s ban and a series of scandals, with a drop in sales and prices. In light of the emerging food safety issues that surrounds the Malaysian Edible Bird’s Nest (EBN) industry, which have somewhat affect the economic gain of the EBN exporters in Malaysia, the Ministry of Health Malaysia, the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based and Industry Malaysia under its Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) and Department of Standards Malaysia had since 2003 issued a set of guidelines for a more systematic management of the local swift’s nest industry. Besides, these guidelines are needed to ensure that the local swiftlet’s industry does not create any health problem to the population.
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spelling iium-288882024-12-17T05:09:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/28888/ Food safety governance: Standard operating procedure on controlling of nitrite level, handling and processing of edible bird's nest Ramli, Noriah Azmi, Saiful Mohammad Nizam K Law (General) Malaysia is one of the largest bird’s nest exporters particularly to China and Hong Kong market. However, Malaysia multimillion ringgits bird’s nest industry has been hit hard by China’s ban and a series of scandals, with a drop in sales and prices. In light of the emerging food safety issues that surrounds the Malaysian Edible Bird’s Nest (EBN) industry, which have somewhat affect the economic gain of the EBN exporters in Malaysia, the Ministry of Health Malaysia, the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based and Industry Malaysia under its Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) and Department of Standards Malaysia had since 2003 issued a set of guidelines for a more systematic management of the local swift’s nest industry. Besides, these guidelines are needed to ensure that the local swiftlet’s industry does not create any health problem to the population. INSI Publications 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/28888/1/Food_Safety_Governance_Standard_Operating_Procedure_on_Controlling_of_Nitrite.pdf Ramli, Noriah and Azmi, Saiful Mohammad Nizam (2012) Food safety governance: Standard operating procedure on controlling of nitrite level, handling and processing of edible bird's nest. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 6 (11). pp. 301-305. ISSN 1991-8178 http://www.ajbasweb.com/ajbas/2012/Special%20oct/301-305.pdf
spellingShingle K Law (General)
Ramli, Noriah
Azmi, Saiful Mohammad Nizam
Food safety governance: Standard operating procedure on controlling of nitrite level, handling and processing of edible bird's nest
title Food safety governance: Standard operating procedure on controlling of nitrite level, handling and processing of edible bird's nest
title_full Food safety governance: Standard operating procedure on controlling of nitrite level, handling and processing of edible bird's nest
title_fullStr Food safety governance: Standard operating procedure on controlling of nitrite level, handling and processing of edible bird's nest
title_full_unstemmed Food safety governance: Standard operating procedure on controlling of nitrite level, handling and processing of edible bird's nest
title_short Food safety governance: Standard operating procedure on controlling of nitrite level, handling and processing of edible bird's nest
title_sort food safety governance: standard operating procedure on controlling of nitrite level, handling and processing of edible bird's nest
topic K Law (General)
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