Microbiological safety of lipid-based ready-to-use foods for management of moderate acute malnutrition and severe acute malnutrition

Consistent with the need to provide safe food for young children, particularly during the complementary feeding period between 6 and 24 months and the period of rapid development to age 59 months, FAO and WHO convened a technical meeting in FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy, from 11 to 14 December 2012 that addressed the microbial safety of ready-to-use foods (RUF) for the management of acute malnutrition. The meeting was held at the request of the WFP and UNICEF to help them formulate a science-ba sed response to the finding of Cronobacter spp. in lipid-based RUF and to provide guidance on appropriate microbiological specifications to include among other purchase requirements to enhance the safety of lipid-based RUF. This report provides an overview of the assessment of the risk posed by Cronobacter spp in this product and provides guidance to agencies distributing the product as well of the producers on how to manage this problem and minimise the risk to the vulnerable consuming popula tion.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	FAO/WHO
Format:	Book (series) biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	FAO/WHO ; 2016
Online Access:	https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/I5347E http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5347e.pdf
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